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Epitaphs in the interior galleries of the Church of St. Anthony of Padua

Local name: Epitafia przy Kościele św. Antoniego

Since the foundation of the church of St. Antoni Padewski oo. The Franciscans (Reformers) were buried in its basements, both religious and lay people, especially the benefactors and church founders. At the beginning of the Franciscans were buried without coffins and epitaphs, sometimes without burying. It was only in the 17th century that the custom of creating a niche closed with an inscription.

In 1753 a burial of lay people was forbidden except for apostolic administrators and prominent personalities, due to the lack of space in the vaults. However, the bishops were banned from transferring the elderly remains to graves outside the church to free the new dead. Funerals inside the church ended only in the second half of the 19th century. In the cloisters of the church there are many epitaphs of personalities, burghers and soldiers from the 18th and 19th centuries.

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