Virgin Kębelska
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The Virgin of Kębelska is a medieval sculpture of the Madonna and Child , located in the sanctuary in Wąwolnica
. The statue was brought from the village Kębło Wąwolnica, hence its name.
. This style of sculpture is characterized by elegance and courtliness in presenting a subtle, drawing a regular face and the richness and decorative draperies into the system. The mother figure is shown presenting the Child Jesus to the world.
at the end of the thirteenth century.
According to the subject in the records of the parish, in the first days of September 1278 Tartar raiders were sent to the vicinity of Wąwolnica. In the village of Kębło, Tatars founded a camp to gather stolen goods and hold people captive. They set on a huge boulder, a stolen statue of the Virgin Mary. At the same time the Głuskiem Opole Polish troops under the command of the heir of Otto Wąwolnica Jastrzębczyka had taken up the resistance to the invaders. The Poles won the battle.
When the defeated Tatars wanted to flee with their stolen goods and prisoners, the figure of the Virgin Mary lifted itself into the air, moved a considerable distance and hang over them. Terrified, the Tartars abandoned the stolen goods and prisoners and escaped. After their escape, figure stood again at the original site. Seeing this, the prisoners decided that it was God himself that had restored them to freedom.
The location of the event, where the remaining lime and stone, became the object of pilgrimage, and the heir to Otto Jastrzębczyk decided to build a wooden church, in which is placed the wonderful figure.
On 8 September 1700, was transferred statue of Our Lady of Kębło to the parish church in Wąwolnica after the superior of the Benedictines of the Holy Cross , Father Mirecki Chrystyna, obtained permission of Pope Clement XII. The reason was because of the significant destruction of the old church, its insufficient capacity in relation to the needs of an expanding cult and the need for greater custody of the miraculous statue. The lady figurine was placed on the altar, while the church was demolished in Kębło.
In modern times, only the chancel remained from the original fourteenth century Wąwolnica church, rebuilt in the Renaissance to the chapel, which is now the sanctuary of Our Lady.
Wawolnica, Lublin Voivodeship
Wąwolnica is a village in Puławy County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Wąwolnica...
. The statue was brought from the village Kębło Wąwolnica, hence its name.
Figurine
The Gothic sculpture of the Madonna and Child dates from the first half of the fifteenth century (around 1420 to 1440). It was made from the trunk of lime with a height of 85 cm and a diameter at its widest point 27 cm closer to the studio in an unfamiliar Silesia and Pomerania. Its prototype was a stone statue of the Madonna from VimperkVimperk
Vimperk is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. In 2000 the town had 8,090 inhabitants. Vimperk is situated in the Šumava region in the Volyňka River valley among the foothills of the Boubín Mountains. The town elevation is 700 metres above sea level.Vimperk is surrounded by...
. This style of sculpture is characterized by elegance and courtliness in presenting a subtle, drawing a regular face and the richness and decorative draperies into the system. The mother figure is shown presenting the Child Jesus to the world.
History of worship
The tradition of the cult of Our Lady of Keble and Wąwolnica probably dates back to the period of invasions of TatarsTatars
Tatars are a Turkic speaking ethnic group , numbering roughly 7 million.The majority of Tatars live in the Russian Federation, with a population of around 5.5 million, about 2 million of which in the republic of Tatarstan.Significant minority populations are found in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan,...
at the end of the thirteenth century.
According to the subject in the records of the parish, in the first days of September 1278 Tartar raiders were sent to the vicinity of Wąwolnica. In the village of Kębło, Tatars founded a camp to gather stolen goods and hold people captive. They set on a huge boulder, a stolen statue of the Virgin Mary. At the same time the Głuskiem Opole Polish troops under the command of the heir of Otto Wąwolnica Jastrzębczyka had taken up the resistance to the invaders. The Poles won the battle.
When the defeated Tatars wanted to flee with their stolen goods and prisoners, the figure of the Virgin Mary lifted itself into the air, moved a considerable distance and hang over them. Terrified, the Tartars abandoned the stolen goods and prisoners and escaped. After their escape, figure stood again at the original site. Seeing this, the prisoners decided that it was God himself that had restored them to freedom.
The location of the event, where the remaining lime and stone, became the object of pilgrimage, and the heir to Otto Jastrzębczyk decided to build a wooden church, in which is placed the wonderful figure.
On 8 September 1700, was transferred statue of Our Lady of Kębło to the parish church in Wąwolnica after the superior of the Benedictines of the Holy Cross , Father Mirecki Chrystyna, obtained permission of Pope Clement XII. The reason was because of the significant destruction of the old church, its insufficient capacity in relation to the needs of an expanding cult and the need for greater custody of the miraculous statue. The lady figurine was placed on the altar, while the church was demolished in Kębło.
In modern times, only the chancel remained from the original fourteenth century Wąwolnica church, rebuilt in the Renaissance to the chapel, which is now the sanctuary of Our Lady.