Kościół pw. Świętej Anny
In Kościół pw. Świętej Anny once stood a long-evolving parish story, first recorded in 1381 in the deed of donation by Sulisław I Nawoja of Grodziec. In 1407 a fire completely destroyed the church, but the same year King Władysław II Jagiełło rebuilt it in the Gothic style—and he also granted the right to nominate the parish priest, tying the church more closely to the Jagiellonian world. That link deepened when, by a charter dated 27 October 1535, St. Anne’s was raised to the rank of a collegiate church. By 1689, the Gothic building was demolished because it proved too small for the growing cult of Saint John Cantius, whose tomb lay here. From 1689 to 1705, a new Baroque church was erected, modelled on Sant’Andrea della Valle in Rome, designed by Tylman van Gameren, with stucco decoration by Baldassarre Fontana. …
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