▁a ▁c atholic ▁priest , ▁co - found er ▁and ▁general ▁of ▁the ▁Res urre ction ists , ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁cre ator ▁of ▁the ▁main ▁spiritual ▁ideas ▁of ▁the ▁Cong reg ation ▁( Res urre ction ist ▁School ▁of ▁Spirit ual ity ). ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁phil os opher ▁and ▁the olog ian , ▁he ▁was ▁regarded ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁scholar ly ▁Polish ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Roman ▁Catholic ▁Church ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁many ▁philosoph ical ▁and ▁the ological ▁works , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁on ▁the ▁interior ▁life . ▁He ▁left ▁a ▁massive ▁correspond ence , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁a ▁personal ▁di ary . ▁ ▁Biography ▁Peter ▁Sem enen ko ▁was ▁born ▁into ▁a ▁Ruth en ian ▁family ▁on ▁June ▁ 2 9 , ▁ 1 8 1 4 ▁in ▁D zi ę cio ł owo ▁in ▁north - east ▁Poland . ▁In ▁ 1 8 3 0 , ▁he ▁started ▁his ▁studies ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Wil no ▁in ▁the ▁Department ▁of ▁Philosoph y , ▁but ▁soon ▁interrupted ▁them ▁because ▁he ▁decided ▁to ▁join ▁the ▁November ▁U pr ising ▁against ▁Russian ▁inv aders . ▁He ▁em igr ated ▁to ▁France ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 2 . ▁While ▁in ▁Paris , ▁he ▁met ▁Bog dan ▁Ja ński ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 3 , ▁who ▁soon ▁became ▁his ▁spiritual ▁director ▁and ▁master . ▁Under ▁his ▁influence , ▁Sem enen ko ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁Catholic