{"id":1085,"date":"2016-06-17T20:08:12","date_gmt":"2016-06-18T00:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poland.leonkonieczny.com\/blog\/?p=1085"},"modified":"2016-06-17T20:08:12","modified_gmt":"2016-06-18T00:08:12","slug":"the-savior-of-christendom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poland.leonkonieczny.com\/blog\/?p=1085","title":{"rendered":"The Savior of Christendom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have a special place in my heart for Jan III Sobieski (1629-1696), King of Poland from 1674 until his death in 1696. Perhaps in part this is because I have read all about him in the excellent book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/JAN-SOBIESKI-King-Saved-Europe-ebook\/dp\/B007H3JG12\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1466207740&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=jan+sobieski\">&#8220;JAN SOBIESKI: The King Who Saved Europe&#8221; by Miltiades Varvounis<\/a>, an excellent read, well worth your time. Perhaps in part it&#8217;s because I have visited many of the key places in his life, including his birthplace, Olesko, and visited some of the sites of notable battles in his live, including Chocim and a number of others places. But I will always remember him as the person who &#8220;stepped up to the plate,&#8221; so to speak. When all of Christian western Europe was threatened by a vastly superior Turkish force that had laid siege to Vienna, it was Jan III Sobieski, a seasoned military commander, who led an army 1\/4 the size of the invading Turks, and decisively defeated them at the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Vienna\">Battle of Vienna<\/a>, thus earning, from the Pope, the title, &#8220;Savior of Christendom.&#8221; To my mind, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_III_Sobieski\">Jan III Sobieski<\/a> saved Europe. We need another Jan III Sobieski today. Today I honor his memory, and remember his life and the day he passed, 320 years ago today. I am honored that in 2010, i was able to visit his tomb in Wawel, Krak\u00f3w. S. + P.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a special place in my heart for Jan III Sobieski (1629-1696), King of Poland from 1674 until his death in 1696. 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