Mikołaj z Wilkowiecka

Mikołaj z Wilkowiecka (* 1524  ?; † 1601 in Wieluń ) was a Polish Pauline monk and author.

Nothing is known about the early period of Mikołaj z Wilkowiecka, neither where he studied theology, nor when and where he was ordained. In 1563 he worked as a preacher at the Pauline Monastery on Skałka Hill in Kraków. From 1566 he lived in Czestochowa and was abbot of the Jasna Góra monastery from 1579 . Around 1580 he became Provincial of the Pauline Order for Poland. He died in 1601 in the Pauline monastery in Wieluń.

Mikołaj z Wilkowiecka emerged as the author of hagiographic writings and sermons. He is considered to be the author of the Historyja o chwalebnym Zmartwychstaniu Pańskim (story of the glorious resurrection of our Lord), based on medieval mystery games , which appeared in Krakow in 1580–82. It is not clear whether he wrote the work himself or is to be regarded as the final editor and editor. In the 20th century, the poetry was rediscovered by Leon Schiller and brought to the stage in Warsaw in 1923. An adaptation by Kazimierz Dejmek was performed several times in the 1960s and 1970s.

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• Wirtualna Biblioteka Literatury Polskiej - Mikołaj z Wilkowiecka