St. Leonard's Crypt

St. Leonard's Crypt

St. Leonard's Crypt, in Wawel Castle, in Kraków, Poland, is a Romanesque crypt founded in the 11th century. The crypt holds the tombs of Polish kings and heroes:

*Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki - King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
*Jan III Sobieski - King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Commander of the Holy League at the Battle of Vienna
*Maria Kazimiera - Queen of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, consort to Jan III Sobieski
*Józef Poniatowski - Prince of Poland, Marshall of France
*Tadeusz Kościuszko - Polish general and revolutionary, also a Brigadier General in the American Revolutionary War
*Władysław Sikorski - Prime Minister of the Polish Government in Exile and Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Armed Forces

Pope John Paul II said his first Mass on the altar in St. Leonard's Crypt on November 2nd, 1946, one day after his priestly ordination.


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