Franciszek Sawicki

Franciszek Sawicki (born July 13, 1877 in Godziszewo, died October 7, 1952 in Pelplin) - Catholic priest, professor, philosopher, the only member of the Chełmińska Chapter survived the so-called. a bloody autumn Pelplin in 1939.

He attended junior high school in Tczew, Pelplin and Chelmno. He graduated from the Major Seminary of the Pelplin. After a short work in Gdansk, he went to theological studies at the University of Freiburg, where he became a professor at the University of Freiburg. Braig. After his doctorate he returned to Pelplin, where he was appointed professor at the Seminary. He laid there until his death, with a break for the years of occupation (1939-1945). He mainly lectured on philosophy, dogma, apologetics, and also canon law and moral theology. During World War II he was the only chaplain of Pelplin.

He published in Polish and German. He consistently rejected suggestions to take up the chair at other universities than Pelplin (University of Warsaw, Vilnius University, foreign universities). He willingly gave open lectures, both in Poland and in Germany. He was among the honorary doctorates of the Catholic University of Lublin (1952).

He was primarily a philosopher of life. He emphasized not only the overcoming of theoretical philosophical difficulties, but mainly the deepening of the wisdom of life. His results were confronted with the thought of St. St. Thomas Aquinas, Augustine, Plato, Aristotle and contemporary philosophers. He tried to show the vital value of the Christian view of life and the world.

He was a member of the Poznań Society of Friends of Science. Bibliography

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