
The article touches upon a problem of patrocinia of churches in the archdeaconry of Wrocław known through canonical visitations from 1579-1580, conducted in accordance with the directives of the Council of Trent in 1547. Before proceeding with the execution of the ordinance and the visitation of the diocese, an instruction was prepared, in which considerable emphasis was laid on the issue of the invocation held by the object of the Catholic religious cult. This was of great importance
in view of the development of the Reformation and the rejection of the previous sacred rites, including the veneration of saints. Hence, while researching the
origins and significance of the church invocations, one could notice characteristic features of the religiousness of the faithful of the Church in Silesia having their source
in the Middle Ages. Among 36 visited objects, as many as 46 were listed, which were connected to numerous dedication variants, pointed to 153 examples of saints, divine mysteries and truths of faith.
The analysis of individual invocations and searches in earlier sources enabled us to indicate the continuity of the cult, as well as its evolution highlighted by the emergence
of other titles for the same objects. Data about patrocinia indicates that in 26 examples this was the first information on the invocation for the enumerated individual
churches. On the basis of the research, it can be assumed that the Archdeaconry of Wrocław was characterised by openness to many trends and manifestations of the
religious culture of Europe and the Church at the time.
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