The Wawel Cathedral, formally titled the Archcathedral Basilica of Saint Stanislaus and Saint Wenceslaus, is a Catholic cathedral situated on Wawel Hill in Kraków, Poland. Nearly 1000 years old, it is part of the Wawel Castle Complex and is a national sanctuary which served as the coronation site of Polish monarchs.
Wawel Cathedral on Wawel Hill: Sigismund's Chapel (right, with a gold dome) and Vasa dynasty chapel (to the left)
The main gilded altar established in about 1650
Cenotaph of king Władysław of Varna
Tomb of king Casimir III the Great
Stanislaus of Szczepanów was a Polish Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Kraków and was martyred by the Polish King Bolesław II the Bold. Stanislaus is venerated in the Catholic Church as Stanislaus the Martyr.
Saint Stanislaus. 16th-century illustration from the Catalogus Archiepiscoporum Gnesnensium.
Saint Stanislaus leads Piotr before the royal tribunal.
1- Saint Stanislaus being ordained as bishop. 2- Saint Stanislaus resurrects Peter. 3-King Bolesław murders Saint Stanislaus. 4-Stanislaus' body is cut into pieces. Image from the Hungarian Kings' Anjou Legendarium of the 14th century.
13th-century effigy of Saint Stanislaus
