Our Lady of Calvary
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Our Lady of Calvary | |
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Artist | Anonymous |
Year | before 1641 |
Medium | oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 90 cm × 74 cm (35 in × 29 in) |
Location | Sanctuary of Calvary, Kalwaria Zebrzydowska |
Our Lady of Calvary is a 17th-century painting situated in the shrine of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, one of the most visited pilgrimage sites in Poland. According to legend, the painting wept in 1641.[1] The owner presented the painting to the Bernardine monastery at Kalwaria Zebrzydowska. Veneration of the painting was authorized fifteen years later, and a chapel was commissioned to house it.[2] The painting was canonically crowned by Pope Leo XIII on 15 August 1887.
References
[edit]- ^ Neil Wilson and others, Poland, Lonely Planet, 5th edition (2005), p. 210.
- ^ Barbara Swiech, Kalwaria Zebrzydowska Sanctuary, BellaOnline. Retrieved 22 March 2010.