Religious Life
Copy of a mural painting from the cloisters of the Augustinian monastery at St Catherine’s Church in Krakow with the image of Our Lady of Consolation
By Cyprian Tomaszewicz
The Krakow Brotherhood of the Virgin Mary of the Belt was established in 1604 at the Augustinan St Catherine’s Church. The aim of the Belt Brotherhood was to cultivate love of God and men, good deeds and perpetual devotion to Our Lady of Consolation. The Belt Brotherhood was one of the best known in Krakow and it had a great impact on the development of religious life in the city.
Print on woven paper
State Archive in Krakow, ref. no B IV-100