2 ▁and ▁was ▁buried ▁in ▁the ▁Sain ts ▁Peter ▁and ▁Paul ▁Church ▁in ▁Krak ów . ▁ ▁W riter ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁being ▁a ▁popular ▁and ▁well - known ▁pre acher , ▁Sk arga ▁was ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁numerous ▁the ological ▁texts ▁and ▁po lem ics , ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁as ▁a ▁writer ▁that ▁his ▁fame ▁has ▁end ured . ▁ ▁His ▁two ▁most ▁important ▁works ▁are ▁The ▁L ives ▁of ▁the ▁Sain ts ▁( Ż yw oty ▁świ ę ty ch , ▁ 1 5 7 9 ) ▁and ▁Se jm ▁S erm ons ▁( K az ania ▁Se jm owe , ▁ 1 5 9 7 ). ▁The ▁former , ▁a ▁h agi ography , ▁won ▁him ▁fame ▁in ▁his ▁lifetime , ▁while ▁the ▁S erm ons ▁gained ▁recognition ▁only ▁in ▁subsequent ▁centuries , ▁during ▁the ▁Part itions ▁of ▁Poland . ▁T az bir ▁describes ▁the ▁L ives ▁as ▁Sk arga ' s ▁chief ▁work ▁and ▁as ▁a ▁major ▁attack ▁on ▁the ▁religious ▁toler ance ▁promoted ▁by ▁the ▁Wars aw ▁Confeder ation . ▁The ▁book ▁was ▁imm ens ely ▁popular , ▁the ▁first ▁edition ▁s elling ▁out ▁by ▁ 1 5 8 3 . ▁A ▁second ▁edition ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 5 8 5 , ▁and ▁by ▁the ▁mid - 1 7 th ▁century ▁twelve ▁ed itions ▁had ▁been ▁printed , ▁making ▁it ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁popular ▁books ▁published ▁in ▁Poland ▁and ▁Lith u ania ▁in ▁that ▁era ▁( riv aled ▁by ▁the ▁K ron ika ▁Pol ska —