Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Both the end of 20th century and the beginning of 21st have brought into Polish religious life new places of cult, built upon miraculous events. The epoch considered as secularised turned out to be a time of intense manifestation of the supernatural. This paper presents the origins and the development of the St Andrew Bobola sanctuary in Strachocina. The text is based on available literary sources as well as the author’s empirical research conducted over several years of field study. First, selected information concerning the martyr’s cult in the past is provided, followed by an outline of its development. Second, the presence of the saint in the consciousness of contemporary inhabitants of Strachocina and pilgrim visitors is depicted.
DOI: 10.7592/ybbs8.2.06
Author: Tomasz Kalniuk
Institution: Nicolaus Copernicus University
Language: English
Topic: Religious Tourism and Spaces
Subfield: Geography, Planning and Development
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7128439821
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