Wespazjan Lanckoroński (1612-1677) was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Kamieniec Podolski from 1670 to 1677. Born in Krakow, he studied at Wurzburg before becoming a Jesuit priest and professor at Krakow. He left the order in 1642 and became a diocesan priest, and he became royal secretary in 1645, canon of Sandomierz in 1659, ambassador to Vienna in 1659, and Bishop of Kamieniec in 1670. In 1672, he took part in the council of war during the Ottoman siege of Kamenets, and he ultimately suffered a nervous breakdown and supported surrendering to the Turks. In 1674, he served as an elector for King Jan Sobieski, and he died in 1677.
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