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History
The chancel was built first, the nave in the 14th century and the side aisle in the 16th century.
During the rebuilding a Neo-Baroque façade was added to a design by Lucjan Michałowski.
What to see
A rib vault of about 1440 in the chancel, the only one of its kind in Poznań.
The high altar of 1928 with a painting of Our Lady Help of Christians.
An altar with portraits of the Poznań Five: Czesław Jóźwiak, Edward Kaźmierski, Franciszek Kęsy, Edward Klinik and Jarogniew Wojciechowski. They were boys from the Salesian oratory who worked in the resistance and were murdered by the Germans. In 1999 John Paul II beatified them.
A tower in the 13th-century defensive wall of the city, preserved from the former monastery buildings.
Good to know
The church stands on ul. Wroniecka, where fragments of the medieval city walls also survive.
This is a working church. It cannot be visited during Mass and services, and you are asked to dress modestly and keep quiet.
