Konstanty Felicjan Szaniawski
{{Short description|Former Bishop of Krakow}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| name = Konstanty Felicjan Szaniawski
| title = Bishop of Kraków
| image = Kanstantyn Felicyjan Šaniaŭski. Канстантын Фэліцыян Шаняўскі (1720).jpg
| previous_post = Bishop of Kujawy
| birth_date = 1668
| death_date = 1732
| buried = Wawel Cathedral
| coat_of_arms = File:POL COA Junosza.svg
| successor = Jan Aleksander Lipski
| predecessor = Kazimierz Łubieński
}}
Konstanty Felicjan Szaniawski (1668–1732) was a Polish nobleman and clergyman. He was Bishop of Kujawy and Bishop of Kraków (1720–1732).
Life
Konstanty Felicjan Szaniawski was born in Lithuania in 1668. His family claimed the Junosza crest.Niesiecki, Kasper (1846). Herbarz polski Kaspra Niesieckiego S.J. (Reprint). Vol. 1. Warszaw: Wydawnictwa Artystyczne i Filmowe (published 1979). p. 34. LCCN 82164365. He studied at the Kraków Academy in his youth.{{Cite book |last=Orgelbrand |first=Samuel |title=S. Orgelbranda Encyklopedja powszechna z ilustracjami i mapami |publisher=S. Orgelbranda synów |year=1903 |volume=14 |location=Warsaw |pages=227 |lccn=14002270}} As Bishop of Kujawy, one of his earlier posts, he played a political role during the Tarnogród Confederation by liaising with the Russian tsar.{{Cite book |last=Zakrzewski |first=Stanisaw |title=Historya polityczna Polski |publisher=Nak. Polskiej Akademii Umiejetnoci |year=1920 |location=Kraków |pages=438 |oclc=848159154}}
In 1719, Szaniawski reinvigorated a failing seminary in Włocławek, and granted control of the seminary to the Vincentians. In return, annual reports were sent to him.Mezzadri, L., and Onnis, F. (2012). The Vincentians: A General History of the Congregation of the Mission: Volume 6 - The Eighteenth Century to 1789. (n.p.): New City Press. ch. 20. Samuel Orgelbrand's encyclopedia says that much of Szaniawski's career was spent by founding churches, seminaries, and schools.
According to historian Józef Feldman, Szaniawski was considered to be highly capable and ambitious, and this was reflected in the personal writings of Szaniawski's peers and other nobles. While Szaniawski came from a noble family, he had been born into the "petty nobility", and so only with high ambition and ability was he able to achieve his prestigious political career in Kraków.Feldman, J. (1925). Polska w dobie wielkiej wojny północnej, 1704-1709. Germany: Nakł. Polskiej Akademji Umiejȩtności. p. 204.
Szaniawski died in 1732. His tombstone is at Wawel Cathedral.Polish Art Studies. Vol. 7-8. (1986). Poland: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich. p. 23.
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