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Portal 15 minutes remember the most important details of the life of this Lithuanian bishop, writer and educator.
Childhood and youth of M. Valančius
Motiejus Valančius was born in 1801. February 16 In the village of Nasrėnai near Salantai, in the present district of Kretinga.
Born into a large family of the wealthy peasant Mykolas Valančius, who had up to ten children, five of whom came of age, Motiejus was the fourth of them. He was baptized in the church of Kalnalis, located in the village of Kalnalis near his birthplace.
Mykolas Valančius was a successful blacksmith who had his own blacksmith. He allowed his three children, including Matthews, to study, covering their study expenses.
1816 M. Valančius began his studies at the Samogitian Calvary School for six years. His biography says that when he entered the school, his name was written as Motiejus-Kazimieras Volončevskis, to sound more noble.
At that time, the children of farmers were often not admitted to schools, so parents seeking education for children tried to make them “noble”.
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