Adam Vetulani


Adam Joachim Vetulani was a Polish historian of medieval and canon law, professor of the Jagiellonian University.

Biography

He was the son of high school professor, Roman Vetulani, and Elżbieta née Kunachowicz, brother of Kazimierz, Tadeusz, Zygmunt, Maria, and Elżbieta. He attended high schools in Sanok and Cieszyn, in 1917 he passed examination of maturity in Vienna.
In 1919 he began studying law at the Jagiellonian University. After taking part in Polish–Soviet War in 1920 Adam Vetulani returned to the university and received master's degree in 1923. Stanisław Kutrzeba had a strong influence on Vetulani, who received his doctorate with Kutrzeba supervision, in 1925.
In 1927 he married Irena Latinik, they had two sons: Jerzy and Jan. Adam Vetulani had also daughter Krystyna.
After the outbreak of World War II, when Nazis invaded Poland, Adam Vetulani was enrolled in the Polish Army. In September 1939 he left with his unit to Romania. Then in 1940 he took part in fights in France and was internee in Switzerland, where he spent the rest of the war organising education for other internees.
In scientific work Adam Vetulani did research on Decretum Gratiani. He published more than three hundreds works in various languages. He was an acquaintance of Karol Wojtyła, with whom he collaborated.
He was a General Secretary of the Polish Academy of Learning. His doctoral students included Juliusz Bardach,, Stanisław Grodziski,,, and.
His remainings were buried at the Rakowicki Cemetery.
In 2014, Adam Vetulani's correspondence with was published. In 2023, a biography Adam Vetulani. Historian of Polish and Canon Law by Piotr Biliński was published by Jagiellonian University Press.

Published works

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Awards and distinctions

He was decorated with Croix de Guerre avec étoile, twice with Polish Cross of Valor, and with 1939–1945 Commemorative war medal and Croix du combattant. He was an honorary doctor of University of Strasbourg, University of Nancy and University of Pécs. He was awarded with Medal of the Commission of National Education.