Abstract
The article discusses relations between the nuns of Kaunas Benedictine convent and the bishop of Vilnius diocese Kontantinas Kazimieras Bžostovskis (Konstantyn Kazimierz Brzostowski), a controversially treated personality in historiography due to his political activities. The research is based on handwritten sources and covers the period from 1687 to 1722. The article reveals the way the bishop of Vilnius diocese took care of spiritual and material issues of Benedictine nuns, discusses reforms that took place in the convent and, lastly, shows how all of that affected the life of the nuns.
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