The façade of the Church of the Most Holy Blood of Jesus on ul. Żydowska i

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Church of the Most Holy Blood of Jesus

The church stands on the site of a townhouse connected with the tradition of the so-called miracle of the three Hosts of 1399. In the 17th century the Carmelites rebuilt it into a church, using the Gothic walls and a cellar with a small well.

History

The building took its present appearance at the beginning of the 20th century. Fragments of the old walls can be seen on the façade.

What to see

A sculpture of Our Lady with the Child from the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries above the entrance, moved from the Old Market Square.

A late Baroque interior with a high altar of 1733 and paintings on the vault of 1735.

A sculpture “Lamentation of Christ” from the early 16th century.

A chapel in the crypt with a small well. According to tradition its water helped especially with eye diseases.

Good to know

Corpus Christi Church on ul. Strzelecka is connected with the same tradition.

This is a working church. It cannot be visited during Mass and services, and you are asked to dress modestly and keep quiet.

Sources (in Polish)

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