St. Adalbert's Chapel – a place of pilgrimages and history

The Chapel on St. Adalbert's Hill has a rich history dating back to the 14th or 15th century. The first mention of it appears in an inventory of the goods of the bishops of Włocławek from 1645. The building was renovated many times - in 1575 and then in 1880. In the 19th century, the chapel was surrounded by a cemetery. In the past, its location was associated with legends about the storage of the body of St. Adalbert.

In the 17th century, the chapel became a place of pilgrimages organized by the Jesuits from Old Scots. Every year, on April 23rd, on the feast day of St. Adalbert, the faithful gathered here.

The chapel has a single-nave plan with dimensions of 7.5 x 6 meters. The lower part of the temple was built of Gothic brick, and the upper part - of Prussian wall. The roof is topped with a turret, and the interior is covered with a flat ceiling. The central point of the chapel is the altar with a statue of St. Adalbert from the 18th century and a reliquary in the shape of a monstrance, containing the relics of the saint, brought in 1953 thanks to the efforts of Primate Stefan Wyszyński. These relics come from the Warsaw Visitation convent, where they were previously in the possession of Queen Ludwika Maria, wife of Władysław IV and Jan Kazimierz.

In 1953, the interior of the chapel was decorated with paintings by Edmund Sztyfler, which depict scenes from the life of St. Adalbert.