Mikalojus Daukša

Mikalojus Daukša
Administrator of the Diocese of Samogitia
Mikalojus Daukša in Varniai
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Samogitia
Installed1570
Term ended1610
Personal details
BornBetween 1527 and 1538
Babėnai, Grand Duchy of Lithuania
DiedJanuary 1615
Varniai, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
BuriedVarniai, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
NationalityLithuanian
DenominationRoman Catholic
OccupationRenaissance humanist, one of the creators of Lithuanian writing, Lithuanian Catholic Church official
Alma materIt is assumed that he studied at one of the Western European universities[1]

Mikalojus Daukša (other possible spellings include Mikalojus Daugsza, Polish: Mikołaj Dauksza and Mikolay Dowksza;[2] after 1527 – 16 February 1613 in Medininkai) was a Lithuanian and Latin[3] religious writer, translator and a Lithuanian Catholic Church official.[1] He is best known as the first among Lithuania's humanists to underline the need to codify and promote the Lithuanian language over Chancery Ruthenian and Polish, which were in use in the Grand Duchy at the time.[4] Furthermore, Daukša preached the ideas of Counter-Reformation and Renaissance humanism.[1]

Daukša's Lithuanian translation of Jacob Ledesma's catechism (1595) became the first book in Lithuanian to be published in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.[1] In 2007, Daukša's translated catechism of Jacob Ledesma was included into the UNESCO's Lithuanian National Memory of the World Register and its copy is kept in the Vilnius University Library.[1]

Biography

Catechism of Mikalojus Daukša (Vilnius, 1595)
Postil of Mikalojus Daukša (Vilnius, 1599)
Daukša's Oak in Babėnai[5]

Daukša was born between 1527 and 1538 in Babėnai (?), Grand Duchy of Lithuania.[1][6][7][8] Daukša probably received his education in Vilnius and at one of the Western European Universities.[8][1] He spoke several languages and had a personal library including books by Erasmus of Rotterdam and Philip Melanchthon.[1]

Daukša was a canon of Medininkai (nowadays Varniai) and an official member of the Samogitia.[9] Under the auspices of bishop Merkelis Giedraitis, he translated the catechism by the Spanish Jesuit theologist Jacobo Ledesma.[10] The postil, translated from the Polish translation by Jakub Wujek, was published in 1595, and became one of the means to fight paganism. Paganism was at that time still practiced in Lithuania. The work also served to counter the growing threat posed to Catholicism by the Reformation, which was promoted in Lithuania by the mighty Radziwiłł family. It was also the first book in Lithuanian to be printed in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.[1]

In 1599 Daukša published another important work, the Lithuanian translation of the Polish language collection of sermons by Jakub Wujek, the Catholic Postil.[11] There are two prefaces to this work, one in Latin and one in Polish.[12] In the Polish preface, Daukša advocates the promotion of the Lithuanian language in the Grand Duchy and gave a brief definition of the Lithuanian nation and state.[3][12] According to Daukša, a nation is a community which is united by territory, customs and the same language.[13] In Polish language preface Daukša addressed compatriots who had not yet encountered the tradition of the written Lithuanian language and used other languages in their daily lives.[13] He praised the proficiency in the Polish language, which, in his opinion, was very widespread in Lithuania and "through the pleasant union of the Grand Duchy with the renowned Polish Crown, is almost natural to us."[14] Moreover, Daukša claimed that in order to main their state the Lithuanians must use the Lithuanian language as the main language of the state, create laws, write books, study in schools.[13] The book is regarded as more valuable and important than the Catechism, and constitutes one of the monuments of the Lithuanian language.[8][13][1]

In his translations, Daukša used the central High Lithuanian dialect, influenced by both eastern High Lithuanian and Samogitian.[7] As one of pioneers of written Lithuanian, he is credited with the introduction of several neologisms, among them mokytojas (teacher), valia (will), įkvėpimas (inspiration) and išmintis (wisdom).[8] Of special importance for our knowledge of the Lithuanian language are the accent signs Daukša employs in the Postilla.

In 2024, the main-belt asteroid 633225 Dauksa was named after him.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Vanagas, Vytautas. "Mikalojus Daukša". Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian).
  2. ^ Konstantinas Jablonskis (1973). Lietuvių kultūra ir jos veikėjai (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Mintis; Lietuvos TSR mokslų akademija. p. 129. Mikolay Dowksza
  3. ^ a b Eugenija Ulčinajtė (February 2004). "Latinitas jako część litewskiej historii kultury i literatury" (PDF). Terminus (in Polish) (2). Kraków: Ośrodek Badań nad Renesansem, Jagiellonian University. Retrieved 2007-11-07.
  4. ^ Anna Jamróz; Magdalena Olkuśnik; Elżbieta Wójcik, eds. (2001). "DAUKSZA Mikołaj". Popularna encyklopedia powszechna (in Polish). Vol. 3. Kraków: Fogra. ISBN 83-85719-59-8.
  5. ^ "Mikalojaus Daukšos ąžuolas". Kėdainių turizmo ir verslo informacijos centras (in Lithuanian).
  6. ^ Gordon B. Ford, ed. (1969). Old Lithuanian Texts of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries with a Glossary. The Hague: Mouton.
  7. ^ a b As cited in: "Mikalojus Dauksa". Postilla 400. Samogitian Cultural Association. Archived from the original on 2007-10-13. Retrieved 2007-11-07.
  8. ^ a b c d Venclova, Tomas (2006). Vilniaus vardai. Vilnius: R. Paknio leidykla. pp. 36–37. ISBN 9986-830-96-6.
  9. ^ Polish Biographical Dictionary
  10. ^ Full title in (in Lithuanian) Kathechismas arba mokslas kiekwienam priwalvs. Paraszytas per D. Iakvba Ledesma Theologa Societatis IESV
  11. ^ Full title in (in Lithuanian): Postilla catholicka. Tai est izguldimas ewangeliu...
  12. ^ a b "The Preface Unto Benevolent Reader". Lithuanian Classic Literature Anthology. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
  13. ^ a b c d Pociūtė-Abukevičienė, Dainora. "Mikalojus Daukša". Šaltiniai.info (in Lithuanian). Ministry of Education and Science of Lithuania, Vilnius University, Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore. Tauta – tai bendruomenė, kurią vienija teritorija, papročiai ir ta pati kalba. (...) Lenkų kalba Daukša kreipėsi į savo tautiečius, kurie dar nebuvo susidūrę su rašytinės lietuvių kalbos tradicija ir savo kasdieniame gyvenime vartojo kitas kalbas. (...) Jis teigė, kad lietuviai, norėdami išlaikyti savo valstybę, lietuvių kalbą turi vartoti kaip pagrindinę valstybės kalbą, ja kurti įstatymus, rašyti knygas, mokytis mokyklose.
  14. ^ Kościałkowski, Stanisław (1953). "Dzieje nauki i piśmiennictwa polskiego w W. Ks. Litewskim". Dzieje ziem Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego. Cykl wykładów. p. 246.
  15. ^ "New Names of Minor Planets" (PDF). WGSBN Bulletin. 4 (6): 10. 29 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.

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