Kościół pw. Nawrócenia Świętego Pawła
Kościół pw. Nawrócenia Świętego Pawła in Kraków links a Jesuit-style model of education to the rhythms of Stradom’s convent life. The congregation of the Missionary Fathers of Saint Vincent de Paul arrived in 1682, brought by Bishop Jan Małachowski from Chełmno, and first placed them on Wawel to oversee the training of clergy at the diocesan seminary. After Małachowski began acquiring property on the Stradom side of the road toward the bridge over the Old Vistula, the ruined Ługowski tenement was rebuilt between 1683 and 1686 as a gatehouse. The church’s foundations were laid in 1693, with construction completed by 1728, using a design attributed to Kacper Bażanka, who died in January 1726; the façade remained unfinished. In 1732, the convent was finished, and that same year the church was consecrated by Bishop Michał Ignacy Kunicki. …
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