Idzi Benedict Radziszewski (1 April 1871 – 22 February 1922) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest, philosopher of religion, the last rector of the Imperial Roman Catholic Theological Academy in Saint Petersburg, and co-founder as well as the first rector of the Catholic University of Lublin (KUL).
Idzi Benedict Radziszewski (1 April 1871 – 22 February 1922) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest, philosopher of religion, the last rector of the Imperial Roman Catholic Theological Academy in Saint Petersburg, and co-founder as well as the first rector of the Catholic University of Lublin (KUL).
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Biography Idzi Radziszewski was born in Bratoszewice near Łódź on 1 April 1871. He was the son of Konstanty Marcel and Józefa née Biernacka. His father was a teacher at elementary schools. He had two sisters, Janian and Elżbieta, and three brothers: Ignacy Dominik, Jerzy Szczepan, and Paweł. Ignacy Dominik was a rector of the Warsaw Politechnic, and Paweł was a professor of geology at the University of Vilnius. Idzi Radziszewski completed elementary school under the guidance of his father. From 1881 to 1889 he studied at the Philological Gymnasium in Płock. After graduating, he entered the Diocesan Seminary in Włocławek, where he developed an interest in philosophical studies. In 1893 he was sent to study at the Theological Academy in Saint Petersburg. On 12 May 1895 he received subdiaconal ordination, on 24 June 1896 priestly ordination, and on 10 June 1897 he defended his master’s degree in theology. After several months of pastoral work in Cathedral of St. Nicholas the Bishop in Kalisz. After a year he left Poland to study at the Catholic University of Leuven, under the incognito name of Stephen Vaihinger de Cracovie, to avoid conflicts with Russian administration. In 1900 he earned a doctorate on…
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Commemoration
In 2016, the authorities of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin initiated the construction of a monument to Radziszewski on Archbishop Józef Życiński Square in Lublin. The monument was unveiled on 8 December 2018, on the centenary of the founding of KUL. On 8 December 2022, the monument was dismantled, but following protests it was returned to its original location.
The likeness of Radziszewski appears on the reverse of a silver collector coin with a face value of 10 złoty issued by the National Bank of Poland in 2019 to mark the centenary of KUL. His image also appears on a postage stamp issued in 2018 by Polish Post, designed by Andrzej Gosik, with a face value of 2.60 złoty and a print run of 100,000 copies.