Venceslaus Agrippa Lituanus
| Venceslaus Agrippa Lituanus | |
|---|---|
| Great Scribe of Lithuania | |
| Reign | 1575-1585 |
| Predecessor | Ławryn Woyna |
| Successor | Emmanuel Brzostowski |
| Castellan of Minsk | |
| Reign | 1586–1597 |
| Predecessor | Michał Haraburda |
| Successor | Marcin Strawiński |
| Castellan of Smolensk | |
| Reign | 1590–1597 |
| Predecessor | Ostafi Wasylewicz Tyszkiewicz |
| Successor | Wacław Szemiot |
| Marshal of the Sejm | |
| Reign | 22 February 1574 – 02 April 1574 |
| Predecessor | Jan Firlej |
| Successor | Stanisław Szafraniec |
| Born | c. 1525 |
| Died | c. 1597 |
| Spouses | Magdalena Pelgrimovskaya, Regina Dorogastaiskovna |
| House | Agryppa |
| Father | Michalo Lituanus |
| Mother | Kotryna Stanislovaitė |
| Religion | Lutheran |
Venceslaus Agrippa Lituanus (Lithuanian: Venclovas Venclovaitis Agripa, Polish: Wacław Wencławowicz Agryppa; c. 1525 – c. 1597) was a Lithuanian writer and diplomat from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Possibly a son of Michalo Lituanus, throughout his life he held various offices such as the Great Scribe of Lithuania (1575–1585) and castellan of Minsk (1586–1597) and Smolensk (1590–1597). A Lutheran who openly raised confessional issues in his stories, Agrippa is considered one of the first writers of Lithuanian fiction. Besides being a member of both the Reformation and the Renaissance humanism movements, Agrippa also claimed that ancient Lithuanians spoke Latin because many Lithuanian words retained some elements of the language.