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1 Historical Outline carried it back to the church of All Saints, and His History of Kazimierz Majesty the King, recognising that such a memo- 9th-10th c. – Nume- rable and extraordinary miracle had occurred for rous settlements exist in him, and because of him, made a pledge to found the area of today’s distri- Driven by an abominable greed ct of Kazimierz; the lar- for gold and incited by the devil and build of brick a beautiful Corpus Christi gest is clustered around himself, a large group of inhabitants of church on the spot where this unspeakably pre- the Romanesque rotun- cious Holy Sacrament had been found, albeit the da at Skalka Krakow stealthily broke into the parish 1079 – St. Stanislaus the church of All Saints during the Octave ground was swampy and muddy. Martyr, the future patron of Corpus Christi and stole the copper So much of the origins of the Corpus Christi saint of Poland, is murde- monstrance with the Holy Sacrament, church says the Polish chronicler Jan Dlugosz, red at Skalka involuntarily giving rise to the legend that has 2nd h. of 13th c. – In thickly coated with gold; its artful han- the village of Bawół, ne- The stolen monstrance is found dicraft was even more valuable than the been cited in every source ever since. His rear today’s Szeroka Stre- (XVIII/XIX c.) metal itself. Th en, having discovered that port cannot be given full credence, though, as et, St. Laurentius church their loot was in fact made of copper, and it was based solely on oral tradition, which he is built (pulled down after 1785) fearing a severe punishment if they were had enriched with the popular beliefs and sto- caught, they thrown the monstrance to ries of extraordinary miracles that the medieval the local Mate swamp overgrown with society cherished so much. In written docu- Panoramic view of Kra- ments there are no explicit data concerning kow from the years bushes. Th e marshes spread by St. Lau- 1536/1537 (Würzburg rentius church which was at that time the origins of the main temple of the town of University Library). 1. the parish temple of the village of Bawol, Kazimierz. Still, some indisputable facts can be Corpus Christi Church part of the Krakow Chapter where the ascertained. For instance, it is certain that the 2. Bernardines’ Church new town of Kazimierz was granted the charter (mistakenly situated) 3. king Casimir III the Great would estab- St. Catherine Church 4. lish the town of Kazimierz and grant it in 1335. Yet none of the existing churches could Skalka (The Rock) Mo- its charter. (...) Day and night, heavenly become its parish church as they were all too far nastery 5. Unidentifi ed lights were then seen constantly burning from the main square. Th erefore, a new, mag- church (perhaps re- nifi cent temple had to be erected, that could be peated depiction of the on the marsh. When it became widely Skalka temple) 6. Wa- Procession with the recovered known, many considered it a miracle the same for Kazimierz that St. Mary’s Church wel Castle monstrance; below, the Corpus – which it was indeed – and reported it had been for Krakow. Christi Church is turned over to Canons Regular (XVIII/XIX c.) to the Bishop of Krakow, Bodzeta, and his venerable Chapter, and then to the 6 Polish King Casimir II, a very devout ruler. Th ese, having concluded that the appearance of so numerous and intense 3 heavenly lights must have a good reason, 4 2 organised a procession of all the inhabi- 5 tants of the city to the swamp (...), with 1 religious hymns and songs, and banners, and carefully inspected the mysterious lights. When they found that the lights adorned the stolen monstrance (...) they

2 3 Rev. Konrad Aleman, Th e construction works had be done was to take down the wooden Coat of arms fi rst provost of Ca- been commenced before the part of the temple which was least of Canons nons Regular in Kra- Regular kow year 1341. Th e church was built durable and most vulnerable to fi re, of the La- partly of stone and partly of etc. In the area of Kazimierz, as well teran Before 1313 – In the wood, due to the lack of funds as in the estate of the Order in the 1471 – southern part of the vicinity of Krakow, there were quar- future town of Kazimierz aft er the King’s death. Perhaps Death of (by the exit of today’s Ska- the Dlugosz’s legend and his de- ries and brick-yards that provided the Izajasz Boner, wińska Street) St. Jacob scription of the solemn procession builders with construction materials. Th e an Augustinian, church is reared (pulled can be explained best as a reminiscence of the works progressed apace. Already in 1410, the another inhabitant of Ka- zimierz to become a can- down in 1787); soon after- chapel of the Virgin Mary and the Magi was wards a small settlement defi nitely grand consecration ceremony of the didate to sainthood du- surrounds the temple new temple. Yet the construction works had erected on the spot where today the Annun- ring the Golden Age of Kra- February 27th, 1335 – taken a long, long time to fi nish... In 1370, the ciation chapel is located. For some time, the kow beside the Blessed King Casmir the Great municipality took over the funding of the who- holy services were transferred to that chapel. Stanislaus of Kazimierz 1472 – Pauline Fathers grants Kazimierz the town By 1432, the presbytery had also been fi nished. charter le enterprise. Th erefore, some information con- arrive to Skalka Before 1341 – Constru- cerning its progress has been preserved in the Th e works on the imposing three-aisle body 1489 – Death of the Bles- ction of Corpus Christi municipal archives. Th e documents mention of the church, the tower, roof and ceiling took sed Stanislaus of Kazi- Church starts numerous donations of the inhabitants made much more time. Th ey were funded by Casi- mierz 15th c. – St. Laurentius 1363 – Augustinians are mir IV Jagiellon, who, shortly before his death brought to Kazimierz, and for the benefi t of this commendable underta- congregation is incor- granted the area where la- king. In 1401, the part of the church that had in 1492, had pledged his successor to fi nish this porated into the Corpus ter St. Catherine church will already been constructed – namely, the present- commendable undertaking. Th e pledge was Christi parish be erected day presbytery furnished with three altars - was fulfi lled. In 1500, thanks to the generous sup- 1495 – King John I Al- bert orders the Jews of before 1366 – constru- port of the King John I Albert and his mother ction of a university by St. consecrated. Krakow to move to Ka- Laurentius church begins; Four years later, Canons Regular of the Elisabeth, daughter of Albert II of Germany, zimierz, establishing the works are discontinued Lateran were brought to Krakow to take the church, by then almost fi nished, could be so-called Jewish town, due to the death of the fo- care of the temple. Th eir fi rst provost consecrated at last. Th e ceremony was presided centred in the north-east section of the city under over by the King’s brother, Cardinal Fryderyk 14th c. – A parish school is was Rev. Konrad Aleman (of German 16th c. – Prosperous pe- established at the Corpus origins), who quickly attended to the Jagiellon, who had also rendered valuable ser- riod for Kazimierz; with Christi Church, with the further enlargement of the then still vices to the cause of nearly fi ve thousand in- masters of the Academy of small church. Th e fi rst thing to the Corpus Christi habitants, the town has its separate council and Krakow (later the Jagiello- church constru- nian University) as teachers town hall, as well as va- 1405 – Canons Regular of ction. rious trade guilds and fra- the Lateran become the ternities custodians of Corpus Chri- 1655-1657 – Kazimierz sti Church is occupied by Swedish 1414 – A new town hall troops and suff ers serio- replaces the ancient, woo- us damage den structure 1688 – Arrival of the Trini- 1419 – King Ladislaus Ja- tarians, who rear a church giello incorporates to the by 1758 (today’s temple town of Kazimierz the set- of the Order of St. John tlement of Stradom, situ- of God) 1733-1751 – Baroque ated between the Wawel VViewiew ofof thethe churchchurch fromfrom thethe cloistercloister ggardenarden Hill and the city walls church is erected at Skalka 4 5 1800 — Kazimierz beco- Subsequent fortunes of the tem- Stanislaw Kazimierczyk (Stanislaus of Kazi- The Canons granted ge- mes a part of Krakow ple were very dramatic mierz), and several side altars. nerous donations by Po- 1822 — Walls dividing lish rulers, derived pro- the Jewish town from the and complicated. On Th e Swedish invasion of 1655 put an end to fi ts from various villages rest of Kazimierz are pul- the one hand, care this brief prosperous interval. Although the in the vicinity of Krakow, led down had to be constan- then provost, Rev. Jacek Liberiusz, had mana- such as Niegowic. It was 1877-1880 — Old river- tly taken for the ged to take some valuables away from Krakow, to the Niegowić parish bed of Vistula is fi lled up. that the young priest Today’s Dietla Street and interior furnis- the monastic treasury could not be emptied, as Karol Wojtyla was then Dietl’s park are created hings, for the it would have imperilled the life of the monks sent as a vicar. It sho- instead design and themselves, for the Swedish soldiery, deprived uld also be noted that 1939-1945 — Nazis ex- execution of the expected loot, could have taken revenge today’s Wenecja Street terminate almost the in Krakow came into be- whole Jewish population of t h e on the canons. Th erefore the majority of the ing thanks to their pro- of Kazimierz valuables, left in the monastery, fell prey to vost, Rev. Marcin Klo- 1947 — Town hall beco- the invaders’ greed. Also the invaluable books czynski, who, early in th mes the seat of the Eth- kept in the library were stolen or destroyed. the 17 century, built nographic Museum several houses in that 1978 — Historic monu- Th e Swedish King Carolus Gustavus resided neighbourhood. As the ments of Kazimierz are in the provost’s chambers, while his soldiers buildings overlooked entered on the UNESCO turned the church into stables and storehou- the Rudawa River that World Heritage List ses. Th e rebuilding of the damage caused by used to fl ow nearby at June 8th, 1979 — Me- that time, he called the eting of the representa- that barbaric invasion had started only aft er settlement Venice. tives of Polish academic the liberation of Krakow in 1657. circles and youth with Th e gradual deterioration of the the Pope John Paul II is international status of the Polish held at Skalka 2000 — Miracle-working altars, paintings and sculptures — all the ele- Commonwealth, general pauperi- image of Our Lady of Gra- ments that account for the unique appearance sation of its society, and confi sca- ce in St. Catherine church and atmosphere of the most prominent tem- tions of monastic estates were also is crowned with papal ple of the town of Kazimierz. On the other felt in the parish of Corpus Christi. crowns 2004 and 2005 — Chur- hand, the records of the church were always However, large investments were ches of St. Michael the Ar- full of various historic cataclysms. In 1556, in still made in the church, such as changel and of St. Stanis- a major fi re the tower with its four bells was the foundation of four side altars laus the Martyr at Skalka, burnt down. In 1594, shortly aft er it had been and the beautiful pulpit in 1740- and of Corpus Christi, are elevated to the rank of rebuilt, another fi re consumed the whole roof 1745, of the new tiling and organ- a minor basilica and the church organ. A very fortunate period loft above the main entrance, or 2007 — Coronation of for the temple came in 1612-1644, when the the execution of new sculptures the miracle-working ima- provost of the Canons Regular in the rood-screen (1763-1766). ge of the Madonna of the Above and on the prece- Apple from the Church of w a s Rev. Marcin Kloczyński. Yet the partitions of Poland and the ding page: Corpus Chri- Corpus Christi It was then that the im- confi scation of the monastic estates precluded sti Church in the second posing main altar was any major enlargements of the church and half of the 19th century executed, as well as the cloister for a very long time. To add to misfor- (photo by I. Krieger); an canons’ stalls, mau- tune, in 1864, in requital for the active parti- Apostle falls asleep — soleum of the Blessed cipation of the Canons Regular in the Polish a fi gure from the Gar- den of Olives

6 7 January Uprising of 1863, all the monasteries of the Order in the area annexed by Russia were closed. On the other hand, a fortunate and honourable occurrence for the Krakow provostry was its elevation to the rank of an abbacy in 1861. In spite of all the diffi culties and obstacles, the custodians of the Corpus Christi church did their best to discharge their task with dig- nity. In 1897, the renovation works were commenced that were to last — with some intervals — for almost forty years. Also the pompous quincentenary of the monastery held in 1905 should be mentioned here. When Poland re- gained independence in 1918, the conserva- and the lonesome; we even ventured into the Karol Cardinal Wojty- backyards that were usually unprepared for ła in the Corpus Chri- tion works were intensifi ed. Th e church altars, sti Church Contemporary mural chapels and paintings were renovated, as well such a visit; into the basements and garrets; in painting from the sac- as the Garden of Olives and the roof and moi- a word, we visited all the bedridden, or unable During his visitation risty depicting Jesus stened foundations of the building. to leave their lodgings. Th e Cardinal would sit in the Corpus Christi washing the Apost- very close to each sick person’s bed and talk to church, Karol Cardinal les’ feet Th e period of the communist regime, hosti- him or her with fatherly goodness... Wojtyla used to address le to all forms and manifestations of religious the lonely in these life, was particularly hard on the Corpus Chri- Since 1993, conservation works have been words: Human life, even sti church. It was then that the person of Ka- going on in the church and monastery. Th e in solitude, if it is fi lled th rol Cardinal Wojtyla, who presided over the 15 -century Gothic stained glass windows with God, is not empty. have already been renovated, as well as the In fact, it can be full, even canonical visitation during the Lent of 1969, to the overfl owing. So- provided a major moral support for the local chapels and their interior decoration, the came of you, my brothers parish. Th e Cardinal wished to participate in nons’ stalls and the western facade of the tem- and sisters, know only ple. A portion of the outside wall was cleansed, too well of what I speak, the visits paid to the sick in their homes. Sr. from your own experien- Irena Odoy, the then parish guardian of the and the library books catalogued and set in or- th ce. (...) It is never the ca- sick, recorded: We entered every der. On the 24 of January, 2005, the Holy Fat- se that a human being th A 15 -century an- her John Paul II elevated the C o r p u s is useless or superfl uous. tiphonal house that I knew, and fi rst of a l l the homes of the poor Christi church to the rank of Everyone can be useful. a minor basilica.

Temples of Kazimierz (from the left); Skalka (The Rock) Monastery, St. Cat- herine8 Church and Corpus Christi Basilica 9 Corpus Christi Church of that type are such invalu- of the church is fl anked with able Krakow temples as the chapels — of St. Anne and the Wawel Cathedral, St. Mary’s Annunciation of the Blessed The church of Corpus whole town of Kazimierz is Church, and the churches of Virgin Mary — and porches. Christi — once the a huge structure of a very ele- the Dominicans, Franciscans Adjoining to the temple from most prominent structure in gant construction. It should be and Augustinians. Th e combi- the north, there is the tower the whole town of Kazimierz noted that it is one of the six nation of brick and stone gives with the Garden of Olives and — is situated by the Wolnica churches in Krakow featuring the church its interesting co- the chapel of Our Lady of Lo- Square, the former main mar- the pillar buttresses that allo- louring, while the genius of the reto. Th e church is connected ket square of Kazimierz. Its wed builders to erect basilicas architects working in Krakow with the cloister by means of imposing, monumental form without the use in the 14th and 15th centuries an arcaded passage. By the we- used to dominate the whole of fl ying but- makes this monumental struc- stern porch with an entrance town; today it sinks into the tresses. Th e ture seem slender and light. to the church, two small rooms scenery of the narrow streets other fi ve It is an orientated, three- stand out — the former dark of Kazimierz. Only the slender churches aisled temple with an cells, where notorious sinners tower is visible from any point elongated, polygonal were locked on Sundays and in the city. Soon it will be ac- presbytery. Adjoining to fest-days (usually the youth cessible to tourists willing to the presbytery from the transgressing against the sixth admire the panoramic view north, there is a sacri- commandment). Small win- of this beautiful and slight- sty, and from the west dows in the presbytery walls, ly mysterious district of — the treasury and by the main altar, used to Krakow. Th e former oratory. Th e four- perform a diff erent function: parish temple of the bayed, three-ais- it was through them that the led body Holy Sacrament was distribu- ted at the times of plague. times of plague.

Church and the monastery; to the left – Annunciation Chapel; in the background – Wawel Castle 10 11 We enter the church. In the nown painter — probably from 1. Resurrec- fi rst half of the 17th century, du- Dolabella’s atelier — depicting ted Christ 2. David ring the provostry of Rev. Marcin the Deposition from the Cross. 3. Zachary 1 Kloczyński, most of its original, Th e altar is also adorned with sta- 4. Daniel medieval interior tues of saints poin- 5. St. John decoration was re- ting to the biblical the Baptist 6. Adoration placed by Baroque verses announcing of the Shep- furnishings. Pas- the Conception of herds, sing by the altar of Christ, his death by Tommaso the Blessed Stanis- and establishment Dolabella 7. Deposi- laus of Kazimierz of the Most Holy tion from 3 on the left (see Sacrament. the Cross 2 (attributed to page 25) we appro- From the pres- 7 ach the main altar. bytery, there is the atelier of 4 Dolabella) 5 Impressive in both a passage to the 8. Pictures its size and handic- Madonna of Cranach the Elder treasury. It leads with Old Te- raft , it was executed through the Gothic stament around the year 1634 in the best sacristy, where you can admire scenes announcing the wood-carver’s workshop of the 18th-century paintings depic- establish- period — the atelier of Baltazar ting the legends about the estab- ment of the 8 8 Kuncz. Th e central space is occu- lishment of the feast of Corpus Holy Sacra- pied by Tommaso Christi and the ment 9. Jeremiah Dolabella’s image origins of the Cor- 10. Ezekiel of the Nativity, in pus Christi church 11. St. Chri- 8 8 the literature of itself. In the treasu- stopher car- the subject known ry, beside the mon- rying Infant Jesus as ‘Adoration of strances, chalices, 12. St. Jo- the Shepherds’. As chasubles and cru- seph with In- regards its compo- cifi xes, the monks fant Jesus sition, the picture also keep an ex- 13. Baroque 9 tabernac- 6 10 is divided in two tremely beautiful le (mid-17th parts. Th e lower and valuable pic- century) with small statu- part depicts the Reliquary image of Virgin Mary ture of Madonna shepherds gathe- with Infant Jesus, es of the Four Evangelists red around the manger with the attributed to Lucas Cranach the 14. Frontal 13 newborn Saviour, while the up- Elder, as well as a reliquary image with angles 12 per part presents God the Father of the Virgin Mary purchased in paying ho- 14 reigning supreme, surrounded 1434 from the provost of Rudni- mage to the Holy Sacra- by angels. In the coping of the ca. According to the tradition, it ment 11 altar there is an image by an unk- was brought to Krakow in order Main altar 12 13 to save it from a profanation in Bohemia, where and pictures attributed to the atelier of the Hussite Wars were raging. It was particular- Dolabella and depicting various scen- ly venerated by the monks, as the legend had it es from the lives of the saints from that it had been painted by St. Luke the Evange- that Order (for more information, see list himself; a gift ed painter, attributed with the the section on the Canons Regular of authorship of the images of Our Lady of Perpe- the Lateran). Also some fragments of tual Succour and Our Lady of Czestochowa. It Gothic stained glass windows from was also believed that the Madonna from that around the year 1430 have been pre- painting had the power to cast out devils from served in the presbytery. Th ey are the possessed. Th erefore the picture was called all framed in one of the church win- ‘Madonna terribilis daemonibus’. dows. Back in the presbytery, it is worth while to We move to the nave, passing under spend some time contemplating the side altars the 18th-century rood-screen. Here, and 17th-century pictures by Wojciech Podko- right by the rood-screen wall, we stop ra (see no. 4 on the church plan). Of special for a while to admire the miracle-wor- Provost’s throne interest are also the richly decorated king image of Our Lady of Grace. Th e canons’ stalls. Executed cult of the Madonna of that invoca- in 1624- 1632, they tion originated in the Italian town of feature the fi gures Faenza in the early 15th century. In of the Popes from Poland it gained numerous followers among the Canons aft er the Polish victory over the Turks Regular of the Lateran, in the fi rst half of the 17th century, as it was commonly believed that Our

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14 15 Altar of the Merciful Jesus; in the background, altar of image — the one that hangs scribed in Latin on the sail: And Christ the Saviour today in the Lagiewniki Sanc- he entered into one of the ships, tuary — while the prototype which was Simon’s (...) and tau- became a votive off ering to ght the people out of the Corpus Christi church, the ship (Lk. 5.3). Th e where it has been ve- pulpit, the place from nerated ever since. which the Gospel Among the rich is preached, is here furnishings of the a reminder of the church an imposing Master Teacher; for pulpit stands out, the Canons Regular it made in 1744-1750 expresses the predicant in the shape of nature and function a boat with a mast of their order. and sails, supported Among the three by two mermaids. chapels of the Cor- Its symbolic me- pus Christi church, aning is elucidated the most elegant form by a verse from the distinguishes the chapel Gospel of St. Luke, in- of the Annunciation of Pulpit

Lady of Grace had helped the ful votive off ering for the saving Poles to defeat their enemies. Th e of his family during the Second Madonna is also believed to have World War. In the picture, Lord the power to suppress the plague. Jesus, as the Divine Healer, walks A bit further on the same side of through a meadow covered with the church, by a pillar, there is the fl owers. Th e painting was origi- altar of the Merciful Jesus, with nally exhibited in the Lagiewniki an interesting image. Th is repre- chapel, but its shape and size did sentation of the Merciful Jesus not match the altar in which it diff ers slightly from the one that was to be framed. In addition, the is famous worldwide; it should be confessor of Sr. Faustina, Michal noted, though, that it is the pro- Sopoćko, found its background totype of the image worshipped not liturgical enough and also in the Sanctuary of Lagiewniki. asked its author to repaint some It was painted for the Lagiewniki details in the personage of Jesus. Altars of Christ the Saviour, of Crucifi xion, chapel by Adolf Hyla, as a grate- Th erefore Hyla executed another and of St. Michael the Archangel

16 17 the Virgin with pain- tiful cupola Off ertory in Mary. It was tings depic- itself, mo- the Temple, constructed ting various delled on Engagement, on the spot Old Testa- the dome Annunciation, of its pre- ment scen- of the Si- Visitation, decessor by es, such as gismundus Dormition, As- the provost expulsion of our First Chapel of the Wawel sumption and Jacek Libe- Parents from Paradise, Cathedral, is also co- Coronation. riusz. Under the Flood, Jacob’s dre- vered with paintings, Th e sumptuous the cupola, am, the burning bush, this time represen- architecture of the chapel Jerusalem, lily among ting scenes from the the chapel does walls are thorns, a boat at sea, life of Virgin Mary, not leave much Detail from the altar of St. Anthony decorated and Jonah. Th e beau- including the Birth, Detail from the altar room for rich of the Holy Trinity

Interior of the basilica; in the foreground, the altars of Transfi guration, 18and of St. Augustine 19 interior decoration; thus the real terest here are the wardrobes of Grace-working Image of the Mother of the Saviour treasure of the chapel strikes the the Confraternity dating from visitor right away: it is the mirac- 1635, decorated with paintings le-working image of the Virgin representing its symbols and the Mary with Infant Jesus, framed robes of its members, and angels The face of the Holy Virgin was about to speak to you. into the Rococo altar. holding the instruments of the Mother of God is oval, With her joy and glory, she enco- On the same side of the Passion of Christ. and her head bends slightly to urages devotion and spiritual church, there is also the chapel Th e last of the three chapels, lo- the right. Th e visage is extremely happiness in the spectator. Every- of St. Anne that has been under cated under the tower, used to be beautiful and merry, suggestive one who takes a good look at this the custody of the Confraternity dedicated to Our Lady of Loreto. of the internal joy and happiness. image must admit that God has of the Most Holy Sacrament and Furnished around the year 1470, Her hair is fl owing. Th e more endowed it with some extraordi- the Five Wounds of Our Lord Je- it was then the fi rst chapel of that you look at that countenance, the nary and wonderful qualities. In sus Christ since 1616. In the main invocation in Krakow. In 1960’s, more beautiful it seems; joyful her right hand, the Immaculate altar of the chapel there is the aft er the festivities commemo- and wonderful, as if the Blessed Virgin holds an apple — the sym- image of St. Anne with the Virgin rating the Millennium of Chri- Mary and Infant Jesus, painted stianity in Poland, during which by Lukasz Porebski around the Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński in the year 1619, and a painting repre- Vows of Jasna Gora had entru- senting the Visitation of the Bles- sted Poland to the Madonna of sed Virgin Mary; in the predella Czestochowa, the invocation of there is the image of the Birth of the chapel was changed to Our the Virgin Mary. Of special in- Lady of Czestochowa.

Chapel of St. Anne Chapel of Our Lady of Czestochowa

20 21 bol of our First Parents’ fall — Th is highly emotional, yet gible tokens of human gratitude donna of the Apple’ was painted which she shows to her Son. With very accurate description of the for the graces obtained through around the year 1510 in Krakow her left hand she holds Infant image of the Virgin Mary was the intercession of the Madonna atelier of Marcin Czarny, and Jesus, standing on her lap. Th e written by Rev. Jan Biesiekier- have been lost or stolen during was originally exhibited in the Son himself, in his tiny left hand, ski in 1624. Already at that time various invasions and catac- chapel of the Assumption of keeps a leafy bunch of grapes, to the painting was commonly be- lysms, so numerous in the the Blessed Virgin Mary and remind us that for our salvation lieved to be a miracle-working history of Corpus Christi the Magi. Aft er the provost he was to be squeezed in the press image, and the chapel in which it church. Today, only the Jacek Liberiusz had rebuilt of the Passion on the Cross, and was exhibited was adorned with beautiful and moving le- the chapel in the Baroque his dearest blood generously shed numerous votive off erings. Un- gends connected with the strain, changing its invoca- to redeem our sins... fortunately, most of these tan- fortunes of the image remain. tion to the Annunciation of the Such stories and traditions had Virgin Mary, the image of the been considered scientifi c truth Madonna was framed in the al- for a long time. In the church and tar consecrated in 1674 by Mi- cloister of the Canons Regular kolaj Bishop Oborski. Th e image there were at least several ima- has been repainted several times, ges of the Madonna, all of them and the personages of Mary and coming from the same period, Infant Jesus have been veiled so the authors of various docu- with silver robes. ments and accounts concerning Whatever the exact origin and the Corpus Christi church wo- date of execution of the painting, uld oft en mix up the origins of it is certain, that the believers particular paintings... addressing the miracle-working One of these legends says that image of the Madonna have al- the image of Madonna of the Ap- ways obtained comfort from her. ple, currently known as ‘Mother Th erefore the Canons undertook of the Saviour’, was brought to the eff orts to get this grace-wor- Krakow from Klodzko by the king image crowned in order to Canons Regular. If it were so, the obtain offi cial confi rmation of picture would have to be painted the cult that had been spreading before the year 1405 — the date for centuries and pay homage that marked the arrival of the to the Mother of God. Th e co- Canons to Krakow. Yet scien- ronation ceremony, held in the tifi c research indicates that the Skalka (Th e Rock) Monastery image was created much later. on May 13th, 2007, was presided What is then the explanation of over by Stanislaw Cardinal Dzi- this riddle? Th e image brought wisz, with the participation of from Klodzko is the ‘Madonna the Polish Primate, Jozef Cardi- terribilis daemonibus’ painting nal Glemp, and Franciszek Car- Chapel of the Annunciation attributed to St. Luke, while ‘Ma- dinal Macharski.

22 23 Passage connecting E the Church with mo- Plan of the Church nastery 1 1. Main altar 17. Rococo altar of St. Jude Thaddeus, with 2. Rococo altar of the Sorrowful Mother, an image by Astolf Vagiola 2 3 with the painting representing the Deposi- 18. The Judgment of Pilate (17th-century) Wawrzyńca street tion from the Cross (early 17th century) 19. Ecce Homo altar with an image by Astolf 3. Rococo altar of St. Mary Magdalene, with Vagiola 4 a painting from the early 17th century 20. Chapel of Our Lady of Czestochowa 4. Paintings by Wojciech Podkora (begin- 21. Altar to St. Anthony of Padua; in the co- 5 7 ning of the 17th century), depicting the Na- ping – an image of Assumption; in the li- tivity, Last Supper, Resurrection and Ascen- ning – an image of St. Mark Sacristy sion, Descent of the Holy Ghost, Assump- 22. Altar of the Transfi guration, with the tion of the Virgin Mary; below – Vision of picture by L. Orlowski (1740-1750); fi gures 6 6 the Blessed Stanislaus of Kazimierz and the of the Apostles Andrew, Jacob, Peter and picture of St. Ubald John; in the lining: the images of St. Peter 8 5. Epitaph and portrait of the provost Mar- and of Christ handing over to Peter the keys Treasury cin Kloczyński of the kingdom of heaven 9 36 12 11 35 6. Provost’s throne and canons’ stalls, execu- 23. Rococo altar of St. Michael the Archan- 13 10 34 ted in 1624-1632, with the fi gures of St. Au- gel, with the statues of Archangels Gabriel 14 gustine and St. Ambrose by the rood-screen and Raphael; in the coping – a bas-relief of 15 33 C Entrance Chapter- house 16 24 7. Sacristy the Guardian Angel; in the lining – images Entrance to the 23 25 8. Treasury and oratory with the 18th-centu- of St. Lucas and of St. John Church through ← ry image of the Bl. Stanislaus of Kazimierz 24. Pulpit the porch; shop → 32 9. Rood-screen of 1763, with the fi gures of 25. Altar of the Divine Mercy with religious 17 c d the Virgin Mary and St. John the Evangelist, 26. Altar of St. Augustine with an image by articles 22 26 and St. Mary Magdalene L. Orlowski (1744); statues of St. Ambrosius 18 31 a 10. Altar of Our Lady of Grace, executed in and of the Pope Leo the Great; in the lining 1623-24, with an image of the Madonna pa- – images of St. Augustine with the Holy Vir- 19 b 30 inted by Lukasz Porebski in 1624; on the al- gin in front of the crucifi ed Christ, of St. Au- 21 27 b tar veil: image of the Immaculate Concep- gustine, and of St. Monica B 20 29 a tion of the Virgin Mary; the altar is further 27. Altar of the Holy Trinity; in the coping – D 28 adorned with the statues of the Wise Maid image of the Ascension; Gothic mensa of A b c and Courageous Maid; in the coping of the the altar, decorated with arcades featuring altar – the image of the Annunciation the heraldic arms; in the lining – an image 11. Image of the Holy Saviour; on the veil, of St. Mathew Bożego Ciała street there is the image of the Sacred Heart of Je- 28. Organ-loft sus (painted by Adolf Hyla in 1940); fi gures 29. Chapel of St. Anne 32. Altar of St. Charles Boromeus and St. Ca- 1943, an image of St. Joseph by Adolf Hy- of David and St. John the Baptist; in the co- a) Altar with the image of St. Anne with the smir, Prince of Poland, with an image by A. la has been exhibited here, fl anked with the ping – an image of the Doubting Thomas Blessed Virgin and Infant Jesus, and statues Vagiola (1615); altar mensa from the second statues of Moses and Aaron; in the coping – (same artist and date of execution) b) Confraternity wardrobes half of the 15th century; Renaissance niches an image of the Resurrected Christ 12. Altar of the Holy Cross with the Cruci- c) Tombstone of Bartholomeo Berecci from around the year 1615 A. Gothic tower, reconstructed in 1556- fi xion Group (19th century) 30. Altar of the Holy Family with the image 33. Tombstone of Augustyn Kottwicz 1558; heightened and topped with a dome 13. Altar – mausoleum of the Blessed Sta- by A. Vagiola (1615); the altar mensa from 34. Pictures by T. Dolabella (1627): Glory of in the second quarter of the 17th century nislaus of Kazimierz the second half of the 15th century; Renais- the Order of Canons Regular and Martyrdom B. Garden of Olives from the middle of the 14. Votive paintings depicting the healings sance niches from around the year 1615 of St. Thomas of Cantuar 17th c., with a late Gothic crucifi x and the Vir- and miracles obtained through the inter- 31. Chapel of the Annunciation 35. Tombstone of Elżbieta Lexowa and her gin Mary with St. John the Evangelist, and cession of the Bl. Stanislaus of Kazimierz a) Altar with the miracle-working image of husband Marcin Haber Baroque Christ with the Apostles and angel 15. The Felix saeculum Cracoviae painting the Madonna of the Apple 36. Altar of St. Joseph, executed in 1621; ori- C. Dark cells 16. A plaque commemorating B. Berecci b) Altar of the Sacred Heart of Jesus ginally, the altar featured a painting by Woj- D. Former cemetery who is buried in the Corpus Christi church c) Altar of St. Joseph ciech Podkora, depicting the Saints: Barba- E. Monastery d) 15th-century baptismal font ra, Catherine, Agnes and Apolonia; since 24 25 Stanislaus of Kazimierz of Canons Regular of the Lateran — the community – Worshipper of Madonna which, as the parishioner of the Corpus Chri- sti church, he had known On the 27th of September, 1433, a pio- almost from his birth. His us woman named Jadwiga, the wife of humility, patience, honesty and a Kazimierz alderman, Maciej Soltys, in her old modesty must have all been stun- age gave birth to a son, who was then christe- ning indeed, for all the chroniclers, in ned Stanislaus. In a way, he had brought this unison, have praised these qualities of name along himself, as he came into the world the pious monk ever since. Each Holy Mass on the anniversary of the transfer of the relics was for him an event of great importance. He of St. Stanislaus the Martyr, Bishop of Krakow, would start every day with this service, and Regina, wife of a weaver from Skalka (Th e Rock) Monastery to the Wa- named Klemens Niger, during the distribution of Holy Communion had long suff ered from wel Cathedral. Th is child, obtained by fervent his face was red-hot, like burning coal. and all the haemorrhage and al- prayers of his devout parents in their old age, his attention was focused on the holy service A maid named Agnes so from some other illne- was to become a great worshipper of the Blessed being offi ciated. He was also famous for his fell ill with a high fever. ss. The bedridden wo- Virgin. Since very early childhood, Stanislaus (...) She was so weak and man had a vision of Fat- skill as preacher that enabled him, through wasted that she could her Stanislaus, who said: had shown a great veneration for the Virgin his glowing and enthusiastic sermons, to reap hardly speak (...) and her ‘Why do you lie helpless Mary. When he could hardly speak he would, a huge spiritual harvest of souls. A collection parents took her to the in your bed? Visit my unsolicited, follow the example of his God-fea- of his sermons had been preserved up to 1945, tomb of the blessed fat- tomb and you’ll be cu- ring mother and kneel in front of the image of her Stanislaus of Kazi- red. And don’t forget to carefully kept in the library of the Branicki mierz and off ered a Ho- tell my brothers the Ca- the Mother of God, and piously join his hands family in Wilanow, and then in Polish Natio- ly Mass for her health nons to cover my tomb in prayer; and as soon as he had begun to learn nal Library. As the tutor of the Order novices, (...) and she immediate- with a rug’. Having risen, to read, he syllabicated the name of Mary. Th is Stanislaus tried to instil into their minds the ly began to recover; and she went to the church, account of the childhood of Stanislaus of Kazi- soon, with God’s help, knelt by the tomb of the same aff ection for the Most Holy Sacrament she was in perfect heal- blessed monk and was mierz was written in the beginning of the 20th that he had manifested himself. Young monks th again. immediately cured. century by the Rev. Augustyn Blachut. Also trusted and respected him, for he not only tau- the other biographers of the Blessed Stanis- ght them, but also, with his whole life, testifi ed laus emphasize the almost miraculous nature to the truth and validity of what he preached. of his very birth, and his extraordinary piety. His deep involvement in the aff airs of the mo- Stanislaus, from early childhood, was associa- nastery, his care and solicitude for the novices, ted with the Corpus Christi church. It was here as well as for the poor, knocking to the cloi- that he was baptised; he also commenced his ster gate, provided a perfect example education in the local parish school. In due to be followed by the young ca- course, he entered the Krakow nons. Th e scrupulousness with Academy (later the Jagiellonian which he would prepare his University) in Krakow, and fi - sermons, and the dedication, nished his studies at the age with which he would hear of twenty-three. Aft erwards confessions, as well as his he decided to join the Order whole-hearted and ardent 26 27 piety, won him great admira- Virtue of tempe- Statue of a woman with four at- tion and respect, and created the rance, symbolised tributes symbolising four virtu- by the unicorn es: hope (anchor), fortitude (co- common belief in his sainthood. lumn), faith (dog), and love Th is opinion was fi rmly estab- and charity (child) lished aft er his death on May Virtue of justice 3rd, 1489, since already during symbolised by the the following twelve months the sphere congregation started to address Bas-relief of the God through the intercession of Blessed Virgin with Infant Stanislaus, and the monastery Jesus chronicles mention nearly two hundred graces obtained through Virtue of fortitude symbolised his mediation, while his contem- by the dragon poraries, and near-contempora- A 17th-century book of ries wrote down testimonies concerning the Cross and li- monastic vows ly — symbols perfect and exemplary nature of his life, and of a life of re- For soon as a novice, too, his extraordinary virtues. linquishment he began to set an exam- and chastity ple for his equals, inspiring Stanislaus was buried under the church fl o- them and exerting a bene- or, near the altar of St. Mary Magdalene, the Coffi n with fi cial infl uence upon them. patroness of weavers, as this was the profes- Stanislaus’ re- The Fathers of the Order, sion of his father. In 1632, a special altar was lics recognising this, began to Virtue of expect much of him. Sta- kindness — nislaus would volunteer or liberality to perform even the lowest — symbo- menial tasks and services, lised by the such as washing the feet lamb of not only other Brothers, but also of every visitor, and washing the monks’ frocks and kitchen dishes; reared to keep Stanislaus’ relics. Today, hun- ...whose eyes were serio- and he would attend to dreds of small pictures depicting the life of the usly ill. One was alrea- the least of all in the mo- monk of Kazimierz hang by this altar; there is dy blind, and the other ached terribly, and his nastery, and do it all with also a large painting representing his contem- a happy and grateful he- sight kept deteriorating. art. (Stanislaw Ranatho- poraries — saintly men of the felicis saeculi In his suff ering, afraid of wicz, a 17th-century anna- Cracoviae (‘golden age of Krakow’): St. John of total blindness, he turned list of the monastery) Kety, the Blessed Simon of Lipnica, and Michal for help to the blessed Stanislaus of Kazimierz. A painting represen- Giedroyc and Izajasz Boner, commonly con- As he had been cured im- ting (from the left): the sidered saints, though not canonised as yet. mediately, on the Mon- Bl. Michał Giedroyc, St. Th e altar was designed by the famous court day after the feast [Whit- John of Kety, Bl. Stanis- architect of the Polish King Sigismundus I the suntide of 1617] he asked laus of Kazimierz, St. to be led to the tomb of Simon of Lipnica and Old, Bartholomeo Berecci, the builder of the the blessed monk... Bl. Izajasz Boner Sigismundus Chapel on the Wawel Hill. Th o-

28 29 ugh the Florentian did not live to see his work Corpus Christi – the Most Holy Sacrament fi nished, the artistry of this distinguished scul- ptor, an inhabitant of the town of Kazimierz of the Flesh and Blood of Lord Jesus and parishioner of the Corpus Christi church, is apparent nonetheless. Although Stanislaus of Kazimierz had been t the head of the procession, preceding The Corpus Christi Church A has had this invocation venerated as a saint already since his death, the the Most Holy Eucharist, members of from the very beginning Canons undertook the eff orts aimed at his offi - various confraternities walked in a line. Th en a of its existence. It was a cial canonisation only as late as 1773. Six years six-horse carriage conveyed the artifi cially made kind of redress for the earlier, one of Stanislaus’ contemporaries, John Fruit of the Tree of Life, placed high, as if on a sta- sacrilege perpetrated by Vision of Blessed Sta- the thieves who had sto- nislaus of Kety, had been canonised. It took them long ge. It was surrounded by boys dressed as angels len the monstrance with years of endeavour, as the times were unpropi- and our First Parents, and in humble adoration the Most Holy Sacrament, tious for such undertakings, with the period of paying homage to the Aliment of the Eucharist. and then, having found the partitions of Poland, two world wars and Th en came the Ark of the Testament, fl anked that it was of little value, cast it into a swamp. It the decades of the communist regime. A great by two angels and two seraphim, and carried should also be noted that champion of Stanislaus’ beatifi cation was Ka- by priests wearing tiaras and dressed in ancient already at that time in the Beside his great vene- rol Wojtyla, who, as the Bishop of Krakow, had robes. Th ey were followed by the Archpriest, car- Franciscan church in Kra- ration for the Most Ho- repeatedly visited the Corpus Christi church. rying the Holy Book. A carriage drawn by angels kow there was a chapel of ly Sacrament and the Corpus Christi. The Fran- Celebrating a Holy Mass in the temple on brought up the rear, with the glory that becomes ciscans, at the king’s re- Passion of Christ, the March 3rd, 1969, he said: Th is Stanislaus Kazi- Blessed Stanislaus had the Most Holy Sacrament. Th is was the Corpus quest, changed its invo- a particular aff ection for mierczyk — that is, an inhabitant of the town of Christi procession, as described by one of the cation for the sake of the the Mother of God. His Kazimierz — by whose mortal remains we are 17th-century chroniclers. new temple of Kazimierz. biographers note that here gathered, is surrounded with the nimbus of Th is feast has been cele- he had twice a vision sanctity. It was here, at Kazimierz, that he was of the Blessed Virgin. brated for ages, and with They say that when he born, and spent his whole life. (...) We need to time it evolved numerous was saying prayers by return to that subject; we need to ask for his ca- customs, traditions and the tomb of his patron nonisation, and most of all we need to continue beliefs. It was fi rst held on saint, ‘the Blessed Virgin the endeavours in the Apostolic See, to make with Infant Jesus ap- the initiative of St. Juliana peared to him, accom- sure that this cult and veneration that the citi- of Mont Cornillon, the panied by St. Stanislaus zens of Krakow, and especially his neighbours prioress of the Augusti- the Martyr and a large here at Kazimierz and in the parish of Corpus nian Sisters, who, in 1245, host of angels, and thus Christi have had for him, is offi cially confi rmed she spoke to him: I am had had a vision of Christ glad, Stanislaus, my son, by the Church, so that we can call him the Bles- asking her to establish a of this veneration that sed Stanislaus of Kazimierz, as we have already special holiday in com- you have had for me and done in our thoughts and prayers... Th e words memoration of the Most for your patron St. Sta- of Bishop Wojtyla turned out to be prophetic. nislaus. Therefore I say Holy Sacrament. Already unto you: be brave and It was the Bishop himself, who, having ascen- one year later such a feast constant, for a plenti- ded the papal throne, beatifi ed Stanislaus of was celebrated locally, and ful remuneration awaits Kazimierz on April 18th, 1993, granting him, in 1264 it was offi cially you and other saints in aft er centuries of veneration, the name of the heaven. confi rmed by Rome. Th e Procession with Most Holy Sacrament ‘Blessed’ Stanislaus. 30 31 immediate cause of its confi rmation Canons Regular of the was a miracle that had occurred in the Italian town of Bolsena, near Lateran Orvieto. A priest celebrating Holy Mass accidentally knocked down he origins of the Order of Canons Re- the chalice, right aft er the Trans- T gular of the Lateran date back to the fi guration, and a score of drops of end of the 4th century. Th e Order was establis- wine were splashed on the corporal hed in Hippona, where St. Augustine, the great – the small altar-cloth laid under Christian philosopher, theologian and creator the chalice and paten – where they of monastic rules gathered a group of clerics immediately turned into the Blood and established a community referring to the of Lord Jesus. Th e Pope was promp- ideals of the early Christians. Members of that tly notifi ed of that miracle. He took congregation, comprising priests from the local the corporal to Orvieto, where it has churches, began to be called ‘canons’. In 1059, been the most valuable relic of the at the Lateran Synod, the canons’ community local cathedral ever since. Th en St. obtained the offi cial status of a monastic order, Th omas Aquinas prepared the li- under the name of Canons Regular, that is, li- turgy for the Holy Mass on the fe- ving according to the Rule of St. Augustine. In ast-day of Corpus Christi. He is the 1105, the Canons were granted a parish at the author of the solemn Latin hymn Lateran, where the Lateran Congregation was Tantum Ergo, frequently sung up to established — the most prominent of all their this day in translations into national communities. languages. Th e Canons came to Poland already in the Th e custom of organising the 11th century, establishing their fi rst monaste- procession to four altars symboli- ries in Trzemeszno, Czerwińsk, Wroclaw and sing the four Gospels developed in Various customs and beliefs were con- Mstow. In 1405 the Canons arrived in Kra- Germany in the 15th century. In nected with the feast of Corpus Christi. kow, where the Polish King Ladislaus Jagiello Poland, the Corpus Christi feast was Canons Regular of the La- They included the blessing of herbs that and Bishop Piotr Wysz gave them the Corpus were to protect a house and its inhabi- introduced already by Nanker, Bis- teran are also the custo- Christi church along with the local parish. dians of the sanctuary tants from misfortunes. In Krakow, the hop of Krakow; but it gained con- pranks of the so-called Lajkonik – a hob- Th e Krakow canonry — ranked as abbacy devoted to the cult of the siderable popularity only aft er the Virgin Mary at Gietrzwald, by-horse rider in Tartar disguise – have since 1861 — was the only one on the area of Synod of Piotrkow of 1559. During in the region of Warmia. been the local custom. Lajkonik appears the partitioned Poland that was not closed in in the streets of the city on the last day of the Reformation, it was meant to be The sanctuary is called the 1864. Today in Krakow there is the Provincial ‘Polish Lourdes’, for it was the Octave of Corpus Christi. The legend a manifestation of the belief in the says that this custom originated at the House, the seat of the Polish Province estab- here that in 1877 – that is, dogma of the Transfi guration, de- nineteen years after the vi- time of Tartar invasion of Krakow in the lished in 1962, as well as the novitiate and nied by the Protestants. Today, the sions from Lourdes – the 13th century. It was then that the Krakow High Seminary. It should also be noted that rafters, having defeated the invaders, ro- feast of Corpus Christi is held on Blessed Virgin appeared to the local monastery of Canons Regular can two teenage girls. The vi- de into the city disguised as Tartars. The the Th ursday following the Trinity local people believed that the pranks of boast of an extremely rich library, compri- sions of Gietrzwald are the Sunday, sixty days aft er the Resur- only visions in Poland that Lajkonik in their fi elds would bring good sing over two hundred incunabula and about rection. have been recognised by harvest, and a blow of his mace was a sa- eight thousand ancient publications. feguard of good health. Church authorities. Altar32 of the Crucifi xion Altar of St. Joseph33 Images of the Canons’ Saints in the Stalls

1 2 3 8 9 10

5 6 4 11 12 13 th 1. St. Patrick (4 c.), the patron of Ireland, where he healed 8. St. Herculan (6th c.), Bishop of Perugia, sentenced to the sick, established monasteries, and, as the legend has be fl ayed alive by a king of the Goths; this was however it, chased venomous snakes away to the sea. 2. St. Lau- done only after his torturers had beheaded the saint. th rentius (12 c.), Archbishop of Dublin, who is believed to 9. St. Theotonius (12th c.), a provost of Canons in Portu- have stopped a storm by his prayers during a sea voya- gal, given the power to cast out evil spirits; here shown ge. 3. St. Saturnin the Martyr, a missionary and bishop of on his deathbed.10. St. Aquilian (4th c.), a martyr from Toulouse; a contemporary of St. John the Baptist. He died Milan, killed by heretics with a blow of a sword in the the martyr’s death, tied to a sacrifi cial bull off ered to pa- larynx. 11. St. John (14th c.), an English monk, given the th gan gods. 4. St. Fredegand (6 c.), an Augustinian monk, power to resuscitate the dead and heal the sick.12. St. and a son of an Irish king. When he died, a coffi n was put Albin (5th c.), the bishop who participated in the defen- on his tomb with the corpse of a girl who came back to li- ce of the town of Chalon against the invading army fe and asked to be transferred somewhere else, as she was of the Huns. 13. St. Anianus, a disciple of St. Mark the th not worthy of being buried by a saint. 5. St. Cerbonius (6 Evangelist given the power to move mountains; here, c.), an Italian bishop; after he had helped Roman soldiers, depicted with a royal couple; behind him, two angels 7 at the order of a king of Goths he was to be thrown to a pit th push a mountain.14. St. Bernard (12 c.); according 14 with hungry bears; yet the animals came up to him and to the tradition, he expelled Satan from the mount of th started to lick his feet instead. The saint was thus set free. 6. St. Amabilis (5 c.); as the le- Jove in Switzerland; the summit has been called after gend has it, he chased away all snakes from Auvergne, and received the Holy Oils from an him ever since. angel. 7. A group of Canons’ saints murdered in England in 1572. 34 35 Everyday Life of the Parish

Holy Mass 1 p.m. — monastic prayers On Sundays: 6.30, 8, 9.30 and 3 p.m. — chaplet to the Divine 11 a.m.; 12.15, 4 and 7 p.m. Mercy On weekdays: 6.30 and 8 a.m.; 4 p.m. — Confraternity prayers 12.00, and 7 p.m. 6.30 p.m. — Eucharistic ve- Other services spers Th ursday — adoration of the Service to Our Lady of Grace: Most Holy Sacrament from Wednesday, 6.15 p.m. 6.30 a.m. Way of the Cross: 12.30 p.m. — rosary Friday, 6.15 p.m.

Holy confession: during Holy and Friday: 8 – 9.30 a.m., and Mass 4 — 5.30 p.m. Parish fair — on the feast-day Confraternity of the Most of Corpus Christi Holy Sacrament and the Five Parish registry and offi ce Wounds of Our Lord Jesus opening hours: Christ: http://www.arcy-bra- Tuesday, Th ursday and Satur- ctwo.republika.pl/ day: 8 — 9.30 a.m.; Wednesday

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