Wojciech Dębołęcki

Who was Wojciech Dębołęcki?

Wojciech Dębołęcki, also known as Wojciech Dembołęcki, was a Polish Franciscan monk, writer and composer. His musical works are among the first to use basso continuo. In his poetry, he praised the Sarmatism culture. He was the chaplain of one of the best military units of his times, irregular unit of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth light cavalry - Lisowczycy, fighting on battlefields from Picardy to the banks of the White Sea. Dembołęcki has chronlicled their history in his Przewagi elearów polskich.