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JUOZAPAS MONTVILA [JÓZEF MONTWIŁŁ] – THE GREAT PHILANTHROPIST (LVIA)

Holy Trinity Church, Šėta (Kėdainiai District).

Photo: Neringa Češkevičiūtė, 30 March 2025.

JUOZAPAS MONTVILA [JÓZEF MONTWIŁŁ] – THE GREAT PHILANTHROPIST (LVIA)

Visitation Act referring to Holy Trinity Church and Presbytery (Ukmergė District, Kaunas Gubernia).

Drafted by the Visitor, Fr Michał Bujko, parish priest of Siesikai.

Confirmed with his signature and red wax seal.

Written document. 15 September 1844, in Polish.

LVIA, f. 669, ap. 2, b. 259, fos 1–8

JUOZAPAS MONTVILA [JÓZEF MONTWIŁŁ] – THE GREAT PHILANTHROPIST (LVIA)

Part of plan of the landholdings of the parish priest of Šėta in the Ukmergė District of Kaunas Gubernia, showing also land belonging to the gentleman Stanisław Montwiłł.

1856, in Russian.

KRVA, f. 1-66, ap. 6, b. 50, fo 1

JUOZAPAS MONTVILA [JÓZEF MONTWIŁŁ] – THE GREAT PHILANTHROPIST (LVIA)

Plan of small town of Šėta showing location of Holy Trinity Church.

Drafted by the land-surveyor Chojecki, and checked by the surveyor Czajkowski.

Second half of 19 cent., in Russian.

LVIA, f. 525, ap. 2, b. 920, fo 1

JUOZAPAS MONTVILA [JÓZEF MONTWIŁŁ] – THE GREAT PHILANTHROPIST (LVIA)

Extract from 1866–1868 List of Parishioners of Šėta Roman Catholic Church mentioning the composition of Stanisław Maciej Montwiłł’s family when his youngest son Józef was 13 years old.

Printed matter, written document. 1866–1868, in Russian.

LVIA, f. 3002, ap. 27, b. 37, fo 5v

JUOZAPAS MONTVILA [JÓZEF MONTWIŁŁ] – THE GREAT PHILANTHROPIST (LVIA)

Report of parish priest of Holy Trinity, Šėta, Fr Jurgis Tilvytis to Curia of Diocese of Žemaitija concerning the removal of the epitaphs of Stanisław Montwiłł and his son Józef from the church wall.

Written document. Šėta, 6 July 1921, in Lithuanian.

LVIA, f. 1671, ap. 1, b. 33, fo 10

JUOZAPAS MONTVILA [JÓZEF MONTWIŁŁ] – THE GREAT PHILANTHROPIST (LVIA)

Copies of epitaphs for Stanisław Montwiłł and his son Józef intended for the wall of Holy Trinity Church, Šėta:

“In memory of Stanisław Montwiłł of blessed memory, former judge of the Ukmergė Land Court, buried in Šėta churchyard on 23 Oct. 1870. In memoriam from his son”;

“In memory of Józef Montwiłł of blessed memory, born 19 March 1850 at Mitėniškiai, died 7 Feb. 1911 in Vilnius who devoted his life to public works and was buried in Rasos Cemetery in accordance with the wishes of the people of Vilnius. In memoriam from those dear to him”.

Written text. Šėta, 6 July 1921, in Polish.

LVIA, f. 1671, ap. 1, b. 33, fo 11

JUOZAPAS MONTVILA [JÓZEF MONTWIŁŁ] – THE GREAT PHILANTHROPIST (LVIA)

Epitaphs of Stanisław Montwiłł and his son Józef, preserved in the Šėta Grammar School Museum (Kėdainiai District).

Photo: Neringa Češkevičiūtė, 30 March 2025.

JUOZAPAS MONTVILA [JÓZEF MONTWIŁŁ] – THE GREAT PHILANTHROPIST (LVIA)

Restored cross monument to Lithuanian Independence next to Holy Trinity Church, Šėta.

Photo: Adomas Liaudanskas from the Album, Šėtos miestelis ir jo žmonės 1989–1990, Part Two, Kėdainiai District, 1990.

Lithhuanian Central State Archive (LCVA), A122-P007

JUOZAPAS MONTVILA [JÓZEF MONTWIŁŁ] – THE GREAT PHILANTHROPIST (LVIA)

Centre of small town of Šėta and Holy Trinity Church (Kėdainiai District).

Photo: Adomas Liaudanskas [1992].

LCVA, 1-35323

JUOZAPAS MONTVILA [JÓZEF MONTWIŁŁ] – THE GREAT PHILANTHROPIST (LVIA)

Holy Mass at Holy Trinity Church, Šėta, 30 March 2025 to mark the beginning of celebrations of the 175th anniversary of the birth of Józef Montwiłł. Mass sacrificed by parish priest, Fr Robertas Skrinskas.

Photo: Neringa Češkevičiūtė, 30 March 2025.

JUOZAPAS MONTVILA [JÓZEF MONTWIŁŁ] – THE GREAT PHILANTHROPIST (LVIA)

Šėta Cemetery Chapel or Wieliczko [Velička] Family Chapel-Mausoleum (Kėdainiai District).

Refined, classical-style chapel founded in 1824 by the manor-owner Stanisław Wieliczko for his wife Bogumiła Rudamina-Wieliczko, who died that year at the very young age of 24 years. The builder of the Šėta chapel, S. Wieliczko died in 1860 at the age of 69 and was buried in Šėta Cemetery too in the Wieliczko family chapel.

Photo: Neringa Češkevičiūtė, 30 March 2025.

JUOZAPAS MONTVILA [JÓZEF MONTWIŁŁ] – THE GREAT PHILANTHROPIST (LVIA)

Rough stone graves of members of the Montwiłł family standing to the southwest of the Wieliczko [Velička] Family Chapel:

Stanisław (1841–1916), Stanisław Maciej (1801–1870), Aleksandra Dowgiałło-Montwiłł (1811–1890) and Kazimiera Montwiłł-Protasiewicz (1843–1911).

Photo: Neringa Češkevičiūtė and Violeta Pansevič, 30 March 2025.

JUOZAPAS MONTVILA [JÓZEF MONTWIŁŁ] – THE GREAT PHILANTHROPIST (LVIA)

Entry of death of Józef’s father, Stanisław Montwiłł in the Šėta Roman Catholic Church parish register:

“Stanisław Montwiłł, gent., died of old age on 24 October 1870 at Mitėniškiai Manor, being 70 years old. He left behind him his widow, Aleksandra Dowgiałło-Montwiłł, his sons Stanisław, Aleksander, Wincenty and Józef, his daughters Kazimiera and Zofia. His remains were buried in Šėta Parish Cemetery on 27 October that same year by Fr Straupas”.

Written document. Šėta Church, 24 October 1870, in Russian.

LVIA, f. 669, ap. 10, b. 18, fo 251, §71

JUOZAPAS MONTVILA [JÓZEF MONTWIŁŁ] – THE GREAT PHILANTHROPIST (LVIA)

Memorial of Zofia Montwiłł (1848–1933) and Ana Montwiłł-Montwiłł (1878–1933) in Šėta Cemetery (Kėdainiai District).

Photo: Neringa Češkevičiūtė, 30 March 2025.