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- ↑ Janusz Tazbir Stanisław Lubieniecki przywódca ariańskiej emigracji -- 1961 p30 "Janusz Tazbir. utwór powstał nieco później. Wawrzyniec Stegmann podpisał go bowiem jako Laurentius Tribander. Pseudonim ten — jak przypuszczają niektórzy historycy — przybrał sobie nieszczęsny rektor po kasacie szkoły, aby uchronić ..."
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