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Lesser Poland Voivodeship
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Franciscan Monastery and Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi (Kraków)

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Franciscan Monastery and Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi (Kraków)

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Franciscan Monastery and Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi (Kraków)

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    Location: Kraków, Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

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    August 18, 2021

    This church in Kraków was dedicated to Saint Francis of Assisi, one of the most prominent saints in the Catholic Church - and not just since the reigning Pope took that name. Francis was born in Assisi in 1181/82 and died as early as 1226. In his youth, the son of wealthy parents, he was more of a bon vivant, but later he turned to Christ. In the half-ruined little church of San Damiano, on the hillside outside the city walls of Assisi, he was praying one day and heard the voice of Christ coming down from the cross, urging him to “rebuild his church”. At first he took this request literally and restored the church building, later he came to realize that this is primarily about the church as the community of believers.
    Francis became a role model for many people, they joined him and the "Order of the Friars Minor" (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) of Francis of Assisi came into being. Today in the broad Franciscan religious family there are three male branches: the Franciscans, the Minorites and the Capuchins; and two females: the Franciscans and the Poor Clares. In addition, there is the "Third" or "Secular" order, which women and men who do not take the classic vows of the order (poverty, chastity and obedience) and continue to live in their family and their profession can join.

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      April 24, 2017

      In 1237 Duke Henry the Pious brought the Franciscans from Prague to Krakow. The Krakow Franciscan Church is located adjacent to the Franciscan Monastery.

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        September 28, 2022

        The monastery church has beautiful windows.

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          Location: Kraków, Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

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