Filip Padniewski (1510–1572) was a Polish orator and clergyman. He was Bishop of Przemyśl (1559) and Bishop of Kraków (1560-1572).
Filip Padniewski was born in 1510 in Skórki to Wojciech and Małgorzata of Żerniki, castellan of Kalisz.
Padniewski was heavily involved with the Union of Lublin and engaged in debate around the issues. He took certain staunch stances regarding the nature of the union, arguing that the union could only be mutually broken by the parties, Poland and Lithuania.Frost, R. I. (2018). The Oxford History of Poland-Lithuania: Volume I. United Kingdom: OUP Oxford. Chapter 39.
Padniewski was also a patron of poet Jan Kochanowski.Hanusiewicz-Lavallee, M. (2024). The Call of Albion: Protestants, Jesuits, and British Literature in Poland–Lithuania, 1567–1775. Germany: Brill. p. 138.
Sculptor Jan Michalowicz carved Padniewski's tomb.Sokol, S. S., Kissane, S. F. M., Abramowicz, A. L. (1992). The Polish Biographical Dictionary: Profiles of Nearly 900 Poles who Have Made Lasting Contributions to World Civilization. United States: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. p. 255.
Legacy Padniewski appears in Union of Lublin, a painting by Jan Matejko.
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