Marcin Szyszkowski

Marcin II Szyszkowski of Clan Ostoja (1554 – 30 April 1630)[1] was a notable Polish priest who attended the Jesuit school of Kalisz and became bishop of Lutsk, Płock and finally of Kraków.

He translated a lot of work from Italian to Latin, and founded a Jesuit school in Płock in the year 1616.

He finished the building of the Bishop Palace and in Pultusk; he also rebuilt the town castle, and opened a college for poor students.

In the cathedral on Wawel in Kraków, present confession is in the form of a domed canopy made of black and rose marble, gilt-bronze and wood, which was created in the years 1626-1629 on Bishop Marcin Szyszkowski's foundation.

The most popular sarcophaguses in the 17th century were in the form of busts of the deceased persons, in a style taking its origins from Rome.