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uStatue of habit of the Reformed Franci­
Józef Dietl scans, then called the Obser­
Pomnik Józefa Dietla vants but known as the
Bernardines in Poland. In 1453
Plac Wszystkich Świętych. Map 1 C5 Cardinal Zbigniew Oleśnicki
(6 D3). v 1, 6, 8, 10, 13, 18, 20.
built in Stradom a small timber
church for this new monastic
Józef Dietl (1804–78) was a community, and soon after
medical professor who advo­ began building a large brick
cated treating the sick in spas. church. It was completed by Jan
He was Rector of the Jagiellonian Długosz after Oleśnicki’s death.
University, and became the first In 1655, while preparing to
President (Mayor) of Krakow to defend Krakow against the
be elected, in 1866, in the auto­ Interior of the small Church Swedes, Stefan Czarniecki gave
nomous Galicia. He reformed of the Bernardine Nuns orders to set fire to the Bernar­
the education system in Krakow, dine Church, which was located
set up a project for the reno­ oBernardine at the foot of Wawel Hill, so that
vation of the city’s heritage Church the invaders could not use the
and was responsible for the Kościół Bernardynów church for their own protection.
restoration of the Cloth Hall. The beautiful statue of the Virgin
The statue of Dietl was made ul. Bernardyńska 2. Map 3 C1 (6 D5). and Child with St Anne, from Veit
between 1936 and 1938 by Tel 12 422 16 50. v 6, 8, 10, 13, 18. Stoss’s workshop, and remnants
Xawery Dunikowski. The artist Open during services only. of Mannerist tombs (now on the
not only created the figure but porch wall) are the only
also took a great deal of trouble Giovanni da Capistrano, the furnishings to have survived.
to find it a prominent location. reformer of the Franciscan Order, The new Baroque Church
Using a model, he travelled all later canonized, arrived in of the Bernardines was built
over Krakow and tried it out in Krakow in 1453. For the next year between 1659 and 1680.
various places before deciding he preached repentance and the Krzysztof Mieroszewski is
on the present location in renouncement of wealth and believed to have been the
All Saints Square. the immoral way of life. He also architect. The marble shrine of
incited the people against the Blessed Simon of Lipnica was
iChurch of the Jews. Influenced by his sermons, erected in 1662 and the high
a few Krakovians took up the
altar between 1758 and 1766.
Bernardine Nuns
Kościół Bernardynek
ul. Poselska 21. Map 1 C5 (6 D4).
Tel 12 422 22 46. v 1, 6, 8, 10, 13,
18, 20. Open 9am–6:30pm daily
and during services.
A small convent of the
Bernardine Nuns was estab­
lished in Poselska Street in
1646. The Church of St Joseph
was built here between 1694
and 1703 for the nuns. Though
small and modest the church
interior displays splendid fur­
nishings which include altars
and a pulpit from the workshop
of Jerzy Hankis. The miraculous
image of St Joseph and Child
in the high altar was a gift from
Jakub Zadzik, Bishop of Krakow,
who possibly received it from
Pope Urban VIII.
A 17th­century statue of the
child Jesus in the side altar is
much venerated. It originally
came from the Church of the
Nuns of St Colette in Stradom
and is therefore called the
Koletański Christ. The 17th-century Baroque Bernardine Church