St. John's Archcathedral (Warsaw) - Buried

Buried

The crypts beneath the main aisle hold the remains of notable persons, including:

  • Dukes of Masovia:
    • Stanisław
    • Janusz III
  • Adam Kazanowski
  • composers and musicians of the Royal Cappella Vasa, e.g. Asprillo Pacelli, whose magnificent black-marble epitaph with composer's bust was reconstructed after the war
  • the last of Polish monarchs Stanisław August Poniatowski, who was also crowned in the cathedral
  • statesman Stanisław Małachowski, whose white-marble monument was designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen (destroyed, August 21, 1944, when a German tank filled with explosives struck the cathedral's southern wall; reconstructed, 1965)
  • painter Marcello Bacciarelli
  • writer Henryk Sienkiewicz
  • presidents of Poland:
    • Gabriel Narutowicz
    • Ignacy Mościcki
  • premier and composer Ignacy Jan Paderewski
  • General Kazimierz Sosnkowski
  • primates:
    • August Hlond
    • Józef Glemp
    • Stefan Wyszyński

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