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The Purickis House is an old noble family of Lithuanian origin (Lithuanian: Purickis, Purickiai, Purickas, Polish: Purycki). A Princely House, it was part of the Polish Korybut clan under the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569-1795). This heraldic family shared this distinction with Polish King Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, and twelve other heraldic families - most of whom were royal Princes descended from Lithuanian/Ruthenian royal lines. The family name was changed to Purycki during this time since it was the custom for noble Lithuanian families to adopt the language and customs of the Polish Szlachta (nobility). This family shared the Korybut II coat of arms with the following families: Galiński, Korybut, Lewgowd, Łahiszyński, Nikitinicz, Żdanowicz, and Żernicki. While little details are known about this family's ancient history, this family was related to many of the ancient Lithuanian, Polish and Rus Dynasty royal families (and Lithuanian noble magnate families such as Pac and Radziwill) through marriage, to at least the 10th century. Male descendants of this family have DNA tested to the Y-R1b haplogroup, common to men in western Europe (and most of the dynastic European houses) but found in a very low percentage of males in Lithuania.

The Purickas family from Kaunas is mentioned in the 2001 book, 'Knightly Families of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania' by Jan Ciechanowicz.

With Lithuania under the domain of Tsarist Russia in the 19th century, the Purickis family lost its noble status due to its involvement in the Poland-Lithuanian (aka January) Uprising of 1863. Like other noble families with land ownership, the land was confiscated by the Tsar and either kept for his own estate or reassigned to high ranking members of the Russian empire. The Purickis family, with their noble claims denied by the Russian Imperial Heroldia in St. Petersburg, remained on the land as peasant farmers and paid rent to the Tsar.

The most notable public figure descended from this family in modern history was Dr. Juozas Purickis (1883-1934). Born a peasant from parents Jonas and Franceska Purickinai (Purickis), in a rural village outside of Kaunas, Juozas had four brothers. As a boy he studied and worked on the family farm. He was a stellar student and eventually graduated with a Master's Degree in Theology at the Saint Petersburg Theological Academy in Russia. He had a colorful career as a Catholic priest, scholar of history and theology, author, public figure, patriot and international politician. He was appointed Lithunania's first foreign affairs diplomat to Germany. He sat on the Council of Lithuania and he worked to establish a short-lived monarchy after Lithuania's independence in 1918. He spent many years in Berlin at the Lithuanian Embassy and, Switzerland, where he obtained a PHD in History from the University of Fribourg in 1919. Juozas used several alternate names in his scholarly publications: Purickis-Korybut, Purickis-Vygandas and Purycki, among others, presumably to honor his family's noble history. Retired from political life, Juozas left the priesthood in his later years and married 26-year old Ukranian Elena Skriabina in 1926. He continued to write and publish and he served as Editor for the Lietuva publication.

Juozas died suddenly in 1934 at the age of 51 in his estate house in Kaunas. His grave did not survive. In recent years, the City of Kaunas has erected a memorial plaque to honor the legacy and service of Dr. Purickis.

DNA matching and official documents show that most of the descendants of this family still exist in Lithuania with others located in Latvia, Russia, Canada and the United States under the following surnames: Pūras (male, common form), Purickis, Purickas (male, nobilized forms), Puraite (female, unmarried), Puriene (female, married), Purisky (Polish, Anglicized form in America).

Notable people sharing these surnames:

-Jozef Purycki was a government official in the Congress of Poland in 1845.

-Alexander Purickis (1862-1912) was a priest, public and cultural figure. Since 1905 he participated in cultural activities of Panevėžys, Lithuania and founded several Lithuanian associations. Alexander was chairman of the cultural and art society "Aidas". He died in 1912 in Panevėžys. Alexander's father was a Colonel in the Russian Imperial Army in WWI.

-Kaze Puraite, known for making a rosary from bread and hair while a prisoner in Siberia. The rosary is on display at the Basilica Church in Baltimore, MD during the historic church tour.

-Dainius Pūras, born 1958 in Vilnius. Medical doctor, child psychiatrist, public figure, and a professor at Vilnius University (VU). Puras also serves as the United Nation's Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.

-Kazimieras Pūras, television journalist, translator of Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT). Led the Editorial Board of 'Lietuvos Telefilmas'

-Eimantas Pūras, Director of the FK Kauno Žalgiris football club

-Romualdas Pūras, PHD Physics, Scientist

-Aurelija Puraite, PHD Law, Faculty - Mykolas Romeris University

-Irma Puraite, Department of Biology, Vytautas Magnus University

-Julita Puraite, King’s College London - Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK

-Alina Puriene, Vilnius University - Institute of Odontology, Dentist

-Aiste Puriene, Medical Doctor

-Adomas Pūras, PHD Vilnius University, Director of Black Florence and Tekstremistai, Vilnius.

-Gintaras Pūras, born 1967 in Kaunas. Priest, head of the Lithuanian martyrs and Lapis (Kaunas district) of Domeikava (Kaunas district). Pastor of the Parish of John the Baptist. Studied at the Kaunas Interdiscientific Seminary.

References[edit]

https://www.know.cf/enciclopedia/en/Korybut_coat_of_arms

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michael-Wisniowiecki

http://www.almanachdegotha.org/id221.html

http://www.wladcy.myslenice.net.pl/Polska/zalaczniki/herb%20Korybut.htm

https://www.britannica.com/place/grand-duchy-of-Lithuania

http://www.prienumuziejus.lt/purickis-juozas/

https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=lt&u=http://paneveziokrastas.pavb.lt/personalija/purickis-aleksandras/&prev=search

https://www.ohchr.org/en/issues/health/pages/srbio.aspx

https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=lt&u=http://www.anykstenai.lt/asmenys/asm.php%3Fid%3D1570&prev=search

http://kauno.diena.lt/raktazodziai/kazimieras-puras


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