Thursday, January 13, 2022

Stations of the Cross

Stations of the Cross, Church of St. Casimir the Prince, ulica Reformacka, Old Town, Kraków

Stacje drogi krzyżowej (Stations of the Cross)
Kościół św. Kazimierza Królewicza (Church of St. Casimir the Prince)
ulica Reformacka
Stare Miasto (Old Town)
Kraków, September 2018

“The Church of St. Casimir the Prince (Kościół św. Kazimierza Królewicza) in Kraków, Poland – with the adjacent Franciscan monastery and the catacombs – is located at ul. Reformacka 4 street in the Old Town district (Stare Miasto). Members of the Catholic Order of Franciscans known as "Little Brothers" arrived in Kraków in 1622 and settled at the outskirts of the town in Garbary (1625). The church was completed in 1640 thanks to a donation from Zuzanna Amendówna, bequeathed around 1644 along with the miracle painting of Madonna displayed today at the side altar of the new church. The first church of the Order was destroyed during the Swedish Deluge. In 1658 monks settled at the Reformacka street in a small manor given to them by Stanisław Warszycki, the castellan of Kraków. In 1666 suffragan bishop Mikołaj Oborski laid the foundation stone for the current church. The chief benefactor of the church and the monastery was Franciszek Szembek, a local noble and the castellan of Kamieniec. The newly built Baroque church was consecrated in 1672.” (Church of St. Casimir the Prince, Wikipedia)

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