Longinus Podbipięta is a fictional character in the novel With Fire and Sword

With Fire and Sword

With Fire and Sword is a historical novel by the Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in 1884. It is the first volume of a series known to Poles as the Trilogy, followed by The Deluge and Fire in the Steppe , also translated as Colonel Wolodyjowski...

written by Henryk Sienkiewicz

Henryk Sienkiewicz

Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz was a Polish journalist and Nobel Prize-winning novelist. A Polish szlachcic of the Oszyk coat of arms, he was one of the most popular Polish writers at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1905 for his...

. He is a Lithuanian

Lithuanians

Lithuanians are the Baltic ethnic group native to Lithuania, where they number around 2,765,600 people. Another million or more make up the Lithuanian diaspora, largely found in countries such as the United States, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Russia, United Kingdom and Ireland. Their native language...

 and his coat of arms is called "Zerwikaptur". He had vowed to remain chaste until he cut off three heads with one blow of his huge sword (of the same name as his coat of arms), like his ancestor did at the Battle of Grunwald

Battle of Grunwald

The Battle of Grunwald or 1st Battle of Tannenberg was fought on 15 July 1410, during the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War. The alliance of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, led respectively by King Jogaila and Grand Duke Vytautas , decisively defeated the Teutonic Knights, led...

. Podbipięta is a good natured and naive man and has a very deep faith in God. During the Siege of Zbarazh

Siege of Zbarazh

The Siege of Zbarazh was a 1649 battle of the Khmelnytsky Uprising.The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth forces held their positions besieged in the Zbarazh Castle until in the aftermath of Battle of Zboriv and the Treaty of Zboriv the hostilities paused and the siege ended. These events were...

 he finally fulfills his vows when during an attack he cuts off the heads of three Janissaries. However, soon afterward, he dies like a hero, killed by Tartars while making his way to king John II Casimir in order to bring help for troops in Zbarazh

Zbarazh

Zbarazh is a city in the Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Zbarazh Raion , and is located in the historic region of Galicia....

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In Jerzy Hoffman's

Jerzy Hoffman

Jerzy Hoffman is a Polish film director and screenwriter. He is the father of early Macintosh development team member Joanna Hoffman.-Selected filmography:*Battle of Warsaw 1920...

 film

With Fire and Sword (film)

With Fire and Sword is the English title of the Polish film Ogniem i Mieczem, a historical drama directed by Jerzy Hoffman, released in 1999...

 Podbipięta is portrayed by Wiktor Zborowski

Wiktor Zborowski

Wiktor Zborowski is a Polish actor. He is nephew of Jan Kobuszewski. In 1973 he finished Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Teatralna w Warszawie. He appeared in the comedy television series Bao-Bab, czyli zielono mi in 2003....

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