WARSAW, VATICAN. Stefan Wyszynski surrounded by Polish bishops - first visit to the Holy See after internment (to receive his cardinal's hat: 18.V.1957); on verso, stamp of the Main Office of Press, Publication and Spectacle Control and stamp of the photographer's establishment Pontificia Fotografia Giuseppe Felici, Rome; photo frontispiece; fn. bdb. ,upper right corner bent; dimensions: 240x181 mm.
Stefan Wyszynski (1901-1981), Polish Roman Catholic clergyman , diocesan bishop of Lublin from 1946 to 1948, archbishop metropolitan of Gniezno and Warsaw and primate of Poland from 1948 to 1981, cardinal-presbyter from 1953, known as the Primate of the Millennium. Giuseppe Felici (1839-1923), Italian photographer. In 1863 he founded the Pontificia Fotografia atelier in Rome. In 1888 he was awarded a gold medal at the Vatican's world exhibition, after which he was given the title of Papal Photographer. After his death, his business was continued by his sons Alberto and Arturo, then grandchildren Rodolfo and Luigi, and then great-grandchildren Alberto and Giuseppe. The Felici Archive has one of the largest historical collections, documenting events in the life of the Vatican during the tenure of twelve pontiffs, from Pope Pius IX to Francis. The company now has new headquarters at Via Cola di Rienzi 297 near the Vatican .
