Jan Czarnowski
Encyclopedia
Jan Franciszek Czarnowski (1883-1963) was a Polish
nobleman
of Grabie coat of arms who was Papal chamberlain
to Pope Pius XI
, and head of the Polish Priory of the Order of the Knights of Malta. He was married to Helena (Lunia) Kalinowska
, and owned the Rossocha
estate, where he commissioned a palace, built by Juliusz Nagórskihttp://www.warszawa1939.pl/osoba_obiekty.php?osoba_id=13.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
nobleman
Szlachta
The szlachta was a legally privileged noble class with origins in the Kingdom of Poland. It gained considerable institutional privileges during the 1333-1370 reign of Casimir the Great. In 1413, following a series of tentative personal unions between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of...
of Grabie coat of arms who was Papal chamberlain
Papal chamberlain
Papal chamberlain was one of the highest honours that could be bestowed on a Catholic layman by the Pope, and was often given to members of noble families. It was mostly an honorary position, but a chamberlain served the Pope for one week per year during official ceremonies...
to Pope Pius XI
Pope Pius XI
Pope Pius XI , born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, was Pope from 6 February 1922, and sovereign of Vatican City from its creation as an independent state on 11 February 1929 until his death on 10 February 1939...
, and head of the Polish Priory of the Order of the Knights of Malta. He was married to Helena (Lunia) Kalinowska
Kalinowski
Kalinowski is a Polish surname and may refer to:* Kalinowski family* Andrzej Kalinowski , Polish nobleman* Jean-Lou Kalinowski , French drummer* Jarosław Kalinowski , Polish politician...
, and owned the Rossocha
Rossocha
Rossocha is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rawa Mazowiecka, within Rawa County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately east of the regional capital Łódź....
estate, where he commissioned a palace, built by Juliusz Nagórskihttp://www.warszawa1939.pl/osoba_obiekty.php?osoba_id=13.