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Aug 31, 2022 · In 1457, a nobleman named Petras Gedgaudas built a church in Šiluva in honor of the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Mary, bringing an icon from Rome for the church.
When Kazimieras Gedgaudas was born on 22 December 1864, in Skuodas, Klaipėda, Lithuania, his father, Petras Gedgaudas, was 30 and his mother, Agnietė Serapinaitė, was 28. He married Barbora Šleideryte on 28 January 1892, in Skuodas, Klaipėda, Lithuania.
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Aug 30, 2023 · In 1457, a nobleman named Petras Gedgaudas built a church in Šiluva in honor of the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Mary, bringing an icon from Rome for the church. It became a popular place of pilgrimage, with crowds of the faithful from all over the country and neighboring Prussia coming to celebrate the Nativity of Mary.
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The Manvydai family ( Polish: Moniwid) was a small but influential 15th-century noble family in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Most prominent members of the family were brothers Albertas Manvydas and Jurgis Gedgaudas and their sons Jonas Manvydas and Petras Gedgaudas. The family used the Leliwa coat of arms that were received in the Union of ...
Petras Simonas Gedgaudas (Polish: Piotr Senko Giedygołdowicz; died in 1451) was a Lithuanian noble and diplomat. He briefly was a regent of Polotsk (equivalent to the later Voivode of Polotsk) in 1440, regent of Smolensk (Voivode of Smolensk) in 1447–1451, and castellan of Vilnius in 1451. Biography
The construction of the church at Šiluva was due to the generosity of a nobleman, Petras Gedgaudas. In 1457, he allocated land for a sanctuary in honor of Our Lady which was then constructed. The church was dedicated to the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary .
