Our Lady of Calvary explained

Our Lady of Calvary
Artist:Anonymous
Year:before 1641
Medium:oil on canvas
Height Metric:90
Width Metric:74
Metric Unit:cm
Imperial Unit:in
Museum: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.

Notes and References

  1. Neil Wilson and others, Poland, Lonely Planet, 5th edition (2005), p. 210.
  2. Barbara Swiech, Kalwaria Zebrzydowska Sanctuary, BellaOnline. Retrieved 22 March 2010.