- Ignacy Jakub Massalski
Prince Ignacy Massalski ( _lt. Ignotas Jokūbas Masalskis) (1726–1794) was a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman.
Ignacy was
Bishop of Vilnius and one of the initiators of theCommission for National Education . After few years he was removed from the Commission forembezzlement of public funds [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0231128177&id=07vm4vmWPqsC&pg=PA397&lpg=PA397&dq=bishop+Kossakowski+Massalski+education&sig=T46BH7zNcupxQcRL1pIk0EX4V30] . He was a supporter of theTargowica Confederation and an opponent of theKościuszko Uprising .Massalski had commissioned the reconstruction of the
Vilnius Cathedral to its present appearance. Since 1780 he has owned theVerkiai Palace and organized its major reconstruction in the Neoclassical style byLaurynas Gucevičius .Accused as traitor of the state he was hanged in Warsaw on 28 June by theangry mob in the aftermath of theWarsaw Uprising (1794) .
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