Benedykt Chmielowski

He studied in Jesuit schools in Lviv (then called Lwów) from the year 1715 until 1722, when he was accepted into the city's Roman Catholic Seminary.

He lived almost his entire life at the clergy house in Firlejów and devoted himself to writing and editing Nowe Ateny.

He also compiled and published a roll of arms (Zbiór krótki herbów polskich, oraz wsławionych cnotą i naukami Polaków, 1763) and authored a religious novel (Ucieczka przez świętych do Boga, 1730).

According to Wojciech Paszyński, many previous claims about Chmielowski's biography must be revised, including his birthplace and the coat of arms.

[2] A fictional version of Chmielowski appears as a character in the novel The Books of Jacob by Nobel Prize winning Polish author Olga Tokarczuk.