Father Aleksander Krzysztof Sitnik OFM Research on the History of Po lish Bernardines (Historiographic Achievements 2006–2019)

Piotr Górecki

Faculty of Theology of the University of Opole
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6052-3968

Abstract

Father Aleksander Krzysztof Sitnik OFM (born in 1971) belongs to the Franciscan branch of the Order of Friars Minor of the Province of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, called Bernardine in Poland. In his works, he deals with issues concerning the broadly understood history of the Bernardine provinces of the Order of Friars Minor in Poland, starting from 1453. He devotes this research to the history of individual monasteries from the male and female branches, and their historical discourse leads to modern times, because, as he believes, the atmosphere after 1945 was not conducive to publishing works analyzing the history of the Church in Poland, or even more exploring the activities of convents. The author conducts scientific research on the border of biography, prosopography and source editing. The article analyzes the current writing output of Father Sitnik, which the author published in the years 2006–2019, i.e. from the time he obtained his doctoral degree until his habilitation in March 2020. This oeuvre increased by as many as 250 items, and the total number of all author’s publications is as many as 272 books and articles. 

Keywords:

Father Aleksander Krzysztof Sitnik OFM, order of minor brothers in Poland (Bernardines), historiography, Old Polish period, 19th and 20th centuries