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Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Krakow

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Location: Kraków, Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

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҉ B҉M҉C҉R҉A҉C҉I҉N҉G҉

April 24, 2017

In the year 1080 the serving as a fortified church Andreaskirche of solid Haustein in Romanesque style was built. Today it is used as a sacristy.

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҉ B҉M҉C҉R҉A҉C҉I҉N҉G҉

April 24, 2017

In 1635, the St. Peter and Paul Church was completed as the first Baroque building in Krakow. In the dome of the church, a so-called Foucault's pendulum was suspended, proving by its deviation that the earth revolves. In the crypt under the altar of the church rest the bones of Piotr Skarga, the priest, on whose initiative the church for the Jesuit order was built.

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August 18, 2021

This Krakow church was dedicated to the two saints Peter and Paul, also known as the "prince of the apostles". Their common memorial day in the calendar of saints is June 29th.
* Simon, nicknamed Peter (Rock), was a fisherman on Lake Genesareth when he - together with his brother - was called by Jesus Christ to be a "fisher of men". According to Catholic understanding, he is the highest apostle, and the two thousand year long line of popes - currently Francis - are his successors. In statues and paintings, Peter is almost always depicted with two keys in his hand; this attribute refers to the Bible verse in Matthew: "I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." (Chapter 16, Verse 19).
* Paul was initially an opponent of the Christian movement and was not called to the apostleship of Jesus Christ during his lifetime like the other apostles, but was only converted later with the famous "Damascus experience". His attribute is the sword with which he was executed; according to the Roman law of the time, this was a "privilege" (quick death and not, like other types of execution, associated with a long, painful death struggle) that was available to the citizens of Rome.

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