Benislavsky Ivan

Born in 1735, was a favorite Benislavsky Potemkin, who, thanks to his efforts, agreed to the establishment of the Mogilev Archdiocese, the first archbishop was Setrzhentsevich, and his assistant or coadjutor appointed Benislavsky. In 1783, Mr.. He was sent to Rome, where a lot of time conferring with the Pope about the situation of the Catholic Church in Russia. Shortly after receiving the episcopal dignity Benislavsky went to the Crimea for the device there the Catholic Church, and in 1801, Mr.. was appointed president of the Roman Catholic College in St. Petersburg, but during the reign of Alexander I declined the position. Benislavsky wrote the following essays: "Institutiones logicae seu brevis Tractatus de cultura ingenii" (Vilna, . 1774); "Rozmyslania dla ksezy swieckich o powinnosciach chrzescianskich listow i ewangelji wziete" (Polotsk, . 1799, . second edition, . Warsaw, . 1859).,