folk ▁who ▁had ▁only ▁recently ▁become ▁minor ▁nob ility . ▁He ▁was ▁re ared ▁at ▁the ▁family ▁estate , ▁and ▁lost ▁his ▁parents ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁young ; ▁his ▁mother ▁died ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁eight ▁years ▁old , ▁and ▁his ▁father , ▁Mich ał ▁Sk arga , ▁four ▁years ▁later . ▁ ▁There after ▁he ▁was ▁supported ▁by ▁his ▁brothers , ▁one ▁of ▁whom , ▁Stanisław ▁Sk arga , ▁was ▁a ▁priest . ▁Pi otr ▁started ▁his ▁education ▁at ▁a ▁par och ial ▁school ▁in ▁Gr ój ec ▁before ▁moving ▁to ▁Krak ów , ▁where ▁in ▁ 1 5 5 2 ▁he ▁en rolled ▁at ▁the ▁Krak ów ▁Academy , ▁prec ursor ▁to ▁J agi ell onian ▁University . ▁His ▁teachers ▁included ▁the ▁pri ests ▁Marc in ▁G lic j usz ▁and ▁Jan ▁Le opol ida . ▁He ▁finished ▁his ▁studies ▁in ▁ 1 5 5 5 . ▁ ▁Im medi ately ▁after ▁he ▁finished ▁his ▁education , ▁he ▁served ▁for ▁two ▁years ▁as ▁re ctor ▁of ▁the ▁colleg iate ▁school ▁at ▁St . ▁John ' s ▁Church ▁in ▁Wars aw . ▁From ▁October ▁ 1 5 5 7 ▁he ▁t utor ed ▁Jan ▁T ę czy ński , ▁son ▁of ▁magn ate ▁And r zej ▁T ę czy ński , ▁and ▁visited ▁Vienna ▁with ▁his ▁pup il , ▁where ▁he ▁likely ▁became ▁closely ▁acquaint ed ▁with ▁the ▁Society ▁of ▁Jesus , ▁a ▁key ▁order ▁of ▁the ▁counter - re formation . ▁He ▁then ▁returned ▁to ▁Poland , ▁which ▁emer ged ▁as ▁one