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Portrait of Abbot Casparus II Fabritz (Casparus II Fabritius) of Brzeźnica, 1660-+1669
Author, school, workshop
Christian Conrad the Younger
Style
Baroque
Date
1732-1733
Material and technique
Oil painting on canvas
Location
Poaugustinian Monastery Complex in Żagań, Poland
Description
The portrait was originally accompanied by the inscription: 'Fratres instituit Lectore docente Scrotista; / Urbs ab eo coetum nostra rosarii habet. / Intermissa diu processio publica demum / In festo Christi corporis acta fuit". He entrusted preaching to Scotism (the Franciscan Leo Prause; Scotism the doctrine of the Franciscan theologian and philosopher, Blessed John Duns Scotus). He founded the Rosary Society. He restarted the long abandoned Corpus Christi processions.