In the gothic 15th century Bernardine church in Przeworsk a baroque portrait of St. Anthony of Padua, painted by Fr. Franciszek Lekszycki is an object of worship. The printed sermon of Fr. Ignacy Kocieński and the information about the first favour granted through the intercession of St. Anthony testify to St. Anthony’s cult in the times of Old Poland. After a certain regression of the cult in the period of Josephinism, in the late 19th century, the worship was renewed, which was attributed to Fr. Rudolf Waga. Antoni Rarogiewicz, a woodcaver, built a new altar for the por-trait and in 1895 a Pious Association of St. Anthony of Padua was founded. The Bernardines noted several favours – mainly healings – through the intercession of the saint. In 1962 the miraculous painting was moved to a side chapel. The special rever-ence with which the inhabitants of Przeworsk treat the saint is visible when multitudes of the faithful attend the service each Tuesday and sing the responsorium „Si quaeris miracula”. In 2016, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments made St. Anthony of Padua patron of the city of Przeworsk.