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ID: NGR-009208-P/77925

Tombstone of a missionary congregation

Vilnius | Lithuania
Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius
ID: NGR-009208-P/77925

Tombstone of a missionary congregation

Vilnius | Lithuania
The place of burial marked by a stele on the base. An engraved inscription on the stele at the front. Tombstone framed by a band, probably original.

Inscription:

GROBY / ZGROMADZENIA / MISJONARZY / JAN GUT BR / 1905 - 1932 / STEFAN BRUSKI KL / 1915 - 1932 / LEON ZARYCHTA BR / 1916 - 1934 / KAZIMIERZ / ZNISZCZYŃSKI KL / 1887 - 1939 //.

Related persons:

Stefan Bruski
Jan Gut
Leon Zarychta
Kazimierz Zniszczyński

Time of origin:

1995-2005

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Sector number 2 (Old Rossa) Tomb number 37

Dimensions:

132 x 93 x 15 cm

Additional dimensions:

headband: 32 x 740 x 200

Materials:

copper alloy (bronze, brass or bronze alloy), grey magmatic rocks (syenite, granodiorite, grey granite and others)

Additional information:

According to Wacław Wejtka's records, in 1936 there was a wooden cross with the figure of Christ and a tin plaque with the inscription: S + P / Stefan Bruski / Cleric of the Congregation / of the Missionary Fathers / in Vilnius / died. August 14, 1934 / at the age of 20 / R and P. //. Next to it was also a wooden cross dedicated to Leon Zarychta, who died on 20 November 1934 at the age of 18. And there was also a wooden cross with a figure of Christ and a tin plaque with the inscription: S + P / Jan Gut / Brother of the Congregation / Priest of the Missionaries / Died 2 July 1932 / R. I. P. //. (Jan Gut drowned in the pond in the Missionaries' garden). According to maps from the late 1950s/60s, there were most likely 6 earth graves and one slab or band at this site. This confirms the determination of the time of the gravestone's creation to a later period, probably the 1990s. Father Kazimierz Zniszczyński was a keen beekeeper, his "July honeys" were regarded as some of the best in Vilnius.

State of preservation:

mosses, lichens, cracks

Bibliography:

  • Strona internetowa Społecznego Komitetu Opieki nad Starą Rossą, http://www.rossa.lt.

Keywords:

gravestone

Date of documentation:

2013

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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