▁over ▁Ch anc ery ▁Ruth en ian ▁and ▁Polish , ▁which ▁were ▁in ▁use ▁in ▁the ▁Grand ▁Duch y ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁D au k š a ' s ▁Lith uan ian ▁translation ▁of ▁Jacob ▁L edes ma ' s ▁c ate ch ism ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁book ▁in ▁Lith uan ian ▁to ▁be ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁Grand ▁Duch y ▁of ▁Lith u ania . ▁ ▁Born ▁probably ▁after ▁ 1 5 2 7 ▁somewhere ▁in ▁the ▁territory ▁of ▁the ▁Grand ▁Duch y ▁of ▁Lith u ania ▁( in ▁Bab ė na i ? ), ▁D au k š a ▁probably ▁received ▁his ▁education ▁in ▁Vil nius ▁and ▁at ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁Western ▁European ▁Univers ities . ▁He ▁spoke ▁several ▁languages ▁and ▁had ▁a ▁personal ▁library ▁including ▁books ▁by ▁Er as mus ▁of ▁Rot ter dam ▁and ▁Philip ▁Mel anch th on . ▁ ▁D au k š a ▁was ▁a ▁canon ▁of ▁Med in ink ai ▁( now ad ays ▁V arn iai ) ▁and ▁an ▁official ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Sam og it ia . ▁Under ▁the ▁aus p ices ▁of ▁bishop ▁Mer kel is ▁G ied rait is , ▁he ▁translated ▁the ▁c ate ch ism ▁by ▁the ▁Spanish ▁Jes uit ▁the ologist ▁Jacob o ▁L edes ma . ▁The ▁book , ▁translated ▁from ▁the ▁Polish ▁translation ▁by ▁Jak ub ▁W uje k , ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 5 9 5 , ▁and ▁became ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁means ▁to ▁fight ▁pag an ism . ▁P agan ism ▁was ▁at