Wà Âadysà Âaw Wiktoryn Sicià Âski ( or ÃÂiÃÂinskas; â ) was a member of the PolishâÂÂLithuanian nobility and dignitary of the PolishâÂÂLithuanian Commonwealth. Lord Master-of-the-Table (since 1655) and Lord Vice-Justice (since 1666) of UpytÃÂ, he was among the deputies of the Trakai Voivodeship nobility to the Sejm of the PolishâÂÂLithuanian Commonwealth of 1652 which took place during the Khmelnytsky Uprising. He is credited with using the liberum veto for the first time in Polish-Lithuanian history during the Sejm. Some historians have speculated that he might have acted on orders from Janusz Radziwià Âà Â, though Wisner observed there is no evidence to support this theory.
After the partitions of the PolishâÂÂLithuanian Commonwealth, writers searched for causes of the collapse of the state. They blamed Golden Liberty and liberum veto for creating anarchy and disorder that led to the downfall and Sicià Âski, a Protestant and a provincial man, became the villain of history who sacrificed the greater good for his narrow self interests. In 1850s, local residents of Upytàclaimed that a certain mummy was the body of Sicià Âski. It was placed in a special cabinet in the local church. After the Uprising of 1863, Governor General of Vilna Mikhail Muravyov-Vilensky ordered the mummy to be secretly buried to quell local superstitions. The order was carried out in August 1865.
Sicià Âski became legendary as an incredibly cruel landlord in Lithuanian folk legends and is a popular character in Lithuanian and Polish literature. Appearances in fictional works include: