Kapynos, Voitykh or Kupynos [Капинос or Купинос, Войтих], b ? d ca 1610. Architect. From 1582 he was listed as a master in the Lviv builders’ guild register. In 1597 he joined his father-in-law, Paolo Romanus, in building the famous Dormition Church in Lviv.

[This article originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 2 (1988).]


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