February 29, 2024
Czestochowa, monastery, catholic, Black Madonna
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This medal is a part of my religious plaques and medals collection This plaque has been cast to venerate the famous Black Madonna from the Sanctuary in Czestochowa av. The famous Our Lady of Czestochowa, inscription in Polish - " UNDER YOUR PROTECTION ( we place ourselves )" . size - 120.10 mm x 100 mm, (5" x 4") weight - 276.00 gr, (9.74 oz) metal - bronze, beautiful patina Częstochowa The Black Madonna of Częstochowa , (Czarna Madonna or Matka Boska Częstochowska in Polish ) icon was, according to legend, painted by St. Luke the Evangelist on a cypress table top from the house of the Holy Family. The painting pictures a Glorification /Assumption of Mary in the Fleur-de-lys . One of the oldest documents from Jasna Góra states that the picture travelled from Jerusalem , via Constantinople , to finally reach Częstochowa in August 1382 . The Black Madonna is credited with miraculously saving the monastery of Jasna Góra (English: Bright Hill) from a Swedish 17th century invasion, The Deluge , which actually changed the course of the war. This event led King Jan Kazimierz to " Crown " Our Lady of Częstochowa ("the Black Madonna ") as Queen and Protector of Poland in the cathedral of Lwów on April 1, 1656 . In the 17th century the local monastery was turned into a fortress , which was one of the pockets of Polish resistance against
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