THE WAWEL CATHEDRAL- SAINT HEDVIG


  This is 14th century cross brought from Hungary by the queen Hedwig. The queen was beatified and canonized by the pope John Paul  II. Since 1987 her relic lie in the small coffin below the cross. Tradition says that Jesus talked to her from the cross. Saint Hedwig got married with Władysław Jagiełło as 11 years old child. In 1399 she died as 26 years old lady giving birth of her daughter Elisabeth Bonifacja. Her child also did not survive. On the nail of the Christ’s foot there is a stirrup. The stirrup comes from the horse of Kara Mustafa, commander of Turkish troops during the battle of Vienna in 1683. The coffin below the cross is her third burial place. Just after death she was burried on the left side of the main altar. In 1949 her bones were taken to a beautiful, white sarcophagus made by Antoni Madeyski. Now the sarcophagus is empty.







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