Kościół pw. Świętego Stanisława Biskupa i Męczennika (ul. Maciejkowa)
Churches of Kraków
Church (Roman Catholic), Prądnik Biały district.
History
The Church of St Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr, stands on Maciejkowa Street in Kraków's Tonie district, once a village outside the city. Tonie was first mentioned in 1224, when Archdeacon Mikołaj Mikuła gave it to the Kraków cathedral chapter. From 1902 to 1912 Lucjan Rydel lived in the local manor house, and in the barn belonging to the manor he staged his own version of the play Betlejem polskie (The Polish Bethlehem). For a time Stanisław Wyspiański also lived here. At the entrance to the manor stands a figure of St Stanislaus with Piotrowin, funded by an 18th-century leaseholder.
The present church is a modern building and was built within a single year. The main work on the foundations and walls lasted from spring to autumn 1991. On 26 October 1991 Cardinal Franciszek Macharski laid the foundation stone and consecrated the new church, and the finishing work continued until mid-1992. In May 1992 the cardinal gave the church relics of St Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr, from Wawel Cathedral.
Did you know?
According to a folk legend, the name Tonie comes from the time King Władysław Łokietek's horse got stuck in the local marshes, and his companions whispered to one another that the king was drowning ("tonie").