Foundation plaque from St Casimir's Church in Vilnius, Ross Cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013., photo dr hab. Anna Sylwia Czyż, prof. ucz., Public domain
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Fragment of a plinth with a foundation plaque from St Casimir's Church in Vilnius, Ross Cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013., photo dr hab. Anna Sylwia Czyż, prof. ucz., Public domain
Licencja: , Źródło: cmentarznarossie.uksw.edu.pl

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Foundation plaque from St Casimir's Church in Vilnius

Vilnius | Lithuania

Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius

Foundation plaque from St Casimir's Church in Vilnius, Ross Cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013.

$Fotografia przedstawiająca Foundation plaque from St Casimir\'s Church in Vilnius$

Fragment of a plinth with a foundation plaque from St Casimir's Church in Vilnius, Ross Cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013.

$Fotografia przedstawiająca Foundation plaque from St Casimir\'s Church in Vilnius$

$Fotografia przedstawiająca Foundation plaque from St Casimir\'s Church in Vilnius$ $Fotografia przedstawiająca Foundation plaque from St Casimir\'s Church in Vilnius$

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Foundation plaque from St Casimir's Church in Vilnius

Vilnius | Lithuania

Cross stylised as a tree trunk on a rock-shaped plinth. On the pedestal at the front there were originally two plaques, of which one survives on the left side, fixed with rivets with an engraved inscription. Below this a panel, in which is an engraved inscription.

Inscription:

1. PAMIĄTKĘ Z B. KOŚĆ. S. KAZIMIE - / RZA TU ZNALEZIONĄ, PROBO- / STWO S. - JAŃSKIE W R. 1904 / POBOŻNIE UZUPEŁNIŁO //.
2. + / D. O. M. / DIVOQUE CASIMIRO LITHUANIAE TUTELARI / IN HONOREM / ILLUSTRIS ET ADMODUM REVERENDUS DNUS D. / MELCHIOR GIEYSZ HELIASZEWICZ ARCHIDIACONUS / CATHEDRAE VILNENSIS ET M. D. LITHUANIAE REFERENDARIVS / POST EPUS SAMOGAE CONTUBERNIUM HOC PERENNE / IN USUM STUDIOSORUM MUSICORUM / TEMPLI S. CASIMIRI SOCIETATIS IESU / EREXIT / ANNO REPARATAE SALUTIS HUMANAE 1630 //.

Time of origin:

ca. 1630

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Sector number 12b (Old Rossa) Tomb number 159

Dimensions:

366 x 230 x 180 cm

Materials:

concrete/jewel concrete, limestone

Additional information:

bibliography: E. Malachowicz, Vilnius. Dzieje - architektura - cmentarze, Wrocław 1996, p. 433. E. Małachowicz, Cmentarz na Rossie w Wilnie, Wrocław-Warszawa-Kraków 1993, p. 303. A S. Czyż, A plaque from the Vilnius church of St. Casimir from the year 1630 in the Ross cemetery, in: Stan badań nad wielokulturowym dziedzictwem dawnej Rzeczpospolitej, ed. W. Walczak, K. Łopatecki, vol. 10, Białystok 2017, pp. 35-49

State of preservation:

mosses, lichens, cracks, cavities

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

The plaque was found in the Ross cemetery by Antoni Łazarowicz, who wrote down its inscription in November 1886. By then it was already cracked. According to the records of Lucjan Uziębła, the monument was made on his inspiration by Rev. Kazimierz Pacynka.

Keywords:

board

Date of documentation:

2013

Publikacja:

04.08.2022

Author of the documentation sheet:

dr hab. Anna Sylwia Czyż, prof. ucz.

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski, dr hab. Anna Sylwia Czyż, prof. ucz.

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