![]() The sorcerer also wrote two books, both dictated to him by the devil – a book on magic and an encyclopedia.Īfter years of evading his fate, Twardowski was eventually tricked by the devil and caught not in the city, but at an inn called Rzym ( Rome in Polish). He was said to have summoned the ghost of the late queen to comfort the grieving king, using a magic mirror. With the devil's aid, Twardowski quickly rose to wealth and fame, eventually becoming a courtier of King Sigismund Augustus, who sought consolation in magic and astrology after the death of his beloved wife, Barbara Radziwiłł. ![]() Other variants of the story have Twardowski being sold to the devil as a child by his father. However, Twardowski wanted to outwit the devil by including a special clause in the contract, stating that the devil could only take Twardowski's soul to Hell during his visit to Rome – a place the sorcerer never intended to go. He sold his soul to the devil in exchange for great knowledge and magical powers. Painting by Wojciech Gerson.Īccording to an old legend, Twardowski was a nobleman ( szlachcic) who lived in Kraków in the 16th century. Pan Twardowski summoning Barbara Radziwiłłówna's ghost for King Sigismund Augustus. ![]()
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