Benedykt Chmielowski

Benedykt Joachim Chmielowski (1700 - 1753) was a Polish priest born in Łuck.

Benedykt Joachim Chmielowski (1700 - 1753) was a Polish priest born in Łuck.

He wrote Nowe Ateny

Nowe Ateny

Nowe Ateny is the abbreviated title of the first Polish-language encyclopedia, authored by the eighteenth century Polish priest Benedykt Joachim Chmielowski...

— the first Polish-language encyclopedia

Encyclopedia

An encyclopedia is a comprehensive written compendium that holds information from either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge. Encyclopedias are divided into articles with one article on each subject covered...

. It was first published in 1745-46; the second edition was supplemented between 1754 and 1764.

Chmielowski is also the author of the popular prayer Bieg roku całego (1728), printed in 20x in the 18th and 19th centuries. He also compiled and published a roll of arms

Roll of arms

A Roll of Arms is a collection of coats of arms which may be recorded in a variety of ways; written , painted, drawn or carved...

 (Zbiór krótki herbów polskich, oraz wsławionych cnotą i naukami Polaków, 1763) and authored a religious novel (Ucieczka przez świętych do Boga, 1730).