Lumen 2018

holding a book. The picture was painted in 1631 at the request of the local priest, Fr. Sebastian de Roci. 23 On the ceiling, there is a fresco depicting the Immaculate Conception and the Holy Trinity. The scene depicting the Holy Family’s flight to Egypt was painted on the frontal. Mention should also be made of St. Sebastian Chapel, dating back to 1849 and built at the cemetery, where those who died during the plague epidemic of 1710 were buried, and seven wayside chapels. The present brick parish church was built in 1832 at the site of the wooden church. An entry in the parish chronicle dated May 9, 1831, speaks about the laying of the cornerstone for its construction. The church was consecrated by Bishop Uborski of Cracow in 1835. It is a three-aisle building with a semi-circular apse and a barrel- vaulted ceiling. It has six altars, two of which date back to the 18 th century. 24 Three dates: 1014 — 1832 — 1982, and an inscription: TO GOD, KING OF THE AGES, HONOR AND GLORY, can be found on the facade. The first date refers to the entry in John Dlugosz’s chronicle saying that there already was a church in Pode- grodzie at that time, and it is that date that is considered to mark the origin of the parish. The second date is the date when the present church was built, and the third is the date of the renovation of the church. Inside the church, there is a baptismal font which dates back to 1409 and is decorated with Archbishop Nicholas Traba’s coat of arms. The font came from the old church, and it is probably at this font that the Founder of the Marians was baptized. Among other interesting relics of the past, mention should be made of a large cru- cifix, a beautiful statue of Our Lady of Sorrows, and a statue of Jesus at the pillar of scourging. It is quite possible that these sculptures witnessed Fr. Papczynski’s times. In the main altar, there is a painting of St. James, patron of this church. In the lunettes of the presbytery are two paintings on canvas painted in 1954 by Ceslaus Lenczowski of Stary Sacz. The one on the right depicts Fr. Papczynski blessing 47 Stanislaus Papczynski’s Childhood and Youth