Basilicas in Poland—Poznan and Szczecin-Kamien

Poznan

I blogged about the following basilica on February 28, 2020.

The Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul in Poznan.

Basilica of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Glogowek, Greater Poland

Declared a minor basilica by Pope Paul VI in 1970.

The Renaissance church was built on a moraine in the late 17th Century.

All pictures are from Wikipedia.

Collegiate Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Shrine of St. Joseph,

Declared a minor basilica by Pope Paul VI in 1978.

A church was built here in the 14th Century and was largely rebuilt in the late 1700s in a Baroque style. A picture of the Holy Family was given to the church in 1670 after a man was miraculously healed after praying for St. Joseph’s intercession. Several hundred more possible miracles occurred in the next few decades. In 1948, priests who had survived the Dachau concentration camp came here to give thanks.

All pictures are from Wikipedia.

Basilica of Our Lady Help of Christians, Twardogora, Lower Silesia

Declared a minor basilica by Pope John Paul II in 2003.

The neo-Gothic brick and stone church was built between 1874 and 1875. Originally a Protestant church, it was purchased by the Salesians in 1945 and is now a parish church.

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Collegiate Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, St. Mary Magdalene, and St Stanislaus the Bishop, Poznan, Greater Poland

Declared a minor basilica by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010.

The Baroque church was built between 1651 and 1732 and was administered by the Jesuits. It became a parish church in 1773 and was badly damaged by the Germans in World War II who plundered the church and used it as a warehouse. It was restored after the war.

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Basilica of St. Nicholas, Leszno, Greater Poland

Declared a minor basilica by Pope Benedict XVI in 2013.

The neo-Baroque church was completed in 1710. The dome is decorated in stucco.

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Basilica of Our Lady of Consolation and St. Stanislaw, Szamotuly, Greater Poland

Declared a minor basilica by Pope Francis in 2014.

The Gothic brick church was built between 1423 and 1431. It was a Protestant church between 1569 and 1594 and was looted by the Nazis during the Second World War. It was restored after the war.

All pictures are from Wikipedia.

Basilica Shrine of St. Joseph and Monastery of the Discalced Carmelites, Poznan, Greater Poland

Declared a minor basilica by Pope Francis in 2016.

Protestants built a church here in 1553 but Jesuit students burned it in 1616 during a religious war. The Carmelites acquired the land in 1618 and the current church was constructed between 1658 and 1687. It is the first church in Poland dedicated to St. Joseph. Prussian officials used the church for secular purposes from 1801 to 1804 when they gave the church to the Lutherans. After the First World War the church was once again given to the Catholics. The Discalced Carmelites returned in 1945 and the church has been restored in its original Baroque style.

Both pictures are from Wikipedia.

Basilica of St. John the Baptist, Krotoszyn, Greater Poland

Declared a minor basilica by Pope Francis in 2019.

The Gothic church was built by Protestants in 1592 and became a Catholic church in 1600.

From Wikipedia.

Basilica Collegiate Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Sroda Wielkopolska, Greater Poland

Declared a minor basilica by Pope Francis in 2021.

The church was built in the late 17th Century in a Gothic style. Most of the building collapsed in 1783, except for the chancel, and it was reconstructed in a Baroque style in 1792. Several priests imprisoned at Dachau concentration camp made a promise that if they survived, they would make a pilgrimage to this church which they did in 1948. A painting of the Holy Family was probably dates to the 17th Century.

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Szczecin-Kamien

I blogged about the following basilica on February 28, 2020.

The Cathedral Basilica of St. James the Apostle in Szczecin.

Co-Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Kolobrzeg, West Pomerania

Declared a minor basilica by Pope John Paul II in 1986.

The church is the co-cathedral of the Diocese of Koszalin-Kolobrzeg. The Gothic church was likely built in the early 14th Century, but has been destroyed and rebuilt several times due to natural causes and warfare. It became a Protestant church in the 16th Century. After the Soviets nearly destroyed the church during the Second World War, Catholics rebuilt it in the 1950s. Despite its rocky history, several items in the church have survived, including three Gothic wooden altars from around 1500, a bronze baptismal font from 1355, two 14th Century crucifixes, candlesticks dating to as early as 1327, and paintings dating to the 15th Century.

All pictures are from Wikipedia.

Basilica of Our Lady of Patient Listening, Rokitno, Lubusz

Declared a minor basilica by Pope John Paul II in 2001.

Churches, mostly wooden, were on this site starting in the 12th Century. The current church was completed in 1762 employing Baroque and Rococo styles. A painting of the Virgin Mary dates to the 16th Century.