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Jasna Góra Monastery

1382 · 14th century

Jasna Góra is a Pauline monastery on a hill in Częstochowa, southern Poland, founded in 1382 by Duke Władysław II of Opole, who brought monks from Hungary. It houses the icon of the Black Madonna. Its successful defence against the Swedes in 1655, during the Deluge, made it a national symbol, and it remains Poland's most important place of pilgrimage.

Jasna Góra Monastery
Image: Jerzy Szota · CC BY-SA 3.0 pl · Wikimedia Commons

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Duchy of Opole

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Jasna Góra Monastery. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/jasna-gora-monastery
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