Kościół pw. Świętej Trójcy
This is the Church of the Holy Trinity—Kościół Świętej Trójcy—known in Kraków as the Kościół bonifratrów, the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God. It is a Baroque conventual and hospital church whose origins stretch to an earlier caregiving mission: the church, monastery, and hospital were built for the Trinitarians between 1741 and 1758, with design attributed to Francesco Placidi. The church was consecrated in 1758 by Bishop Franciszek Potkański, suffragan of Kraków. What makes the complex stand out is how directly its art ties to that mission. The late-Baroque interior includes frescoes and illusionistic decoration by Joseph Piltz from Moravia. On the vault, the scene of the ransom of slaves is linked to John of Matha, the Trinitarian founder, while the main altar sculpture of Jesus of Nazareth was consecrated in 1759 by Pope Clement XIII and given to the Trinitarians. …
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