In Lelów, once a county town, today a small settlement in the Częstochowa Voivodeship, Conventual Franciscans settled before 1335, probably already during the reign of Bolesław the Chaste, Prince of Krakow. King Casimir the Great gave them a church and a monastery building, the construction of which began in 1357. Over the centuries, these buildings fell victim to several fires, the most dangerous of which was in 1638. After this disaster, the church was rebuilt from scratch in 1640, thanks to the generosity of Jan Giebułtowski and the married couple Jan and Izabela Szypowski, among others. under the direction of the Italian architect Kasper Fontlio from Gomo. Wooden buildings were temporarily used for residential and commercial purposes; In the years 1664-1727, a new monastery building was built near the church. After the dissolution of the monastery in 1819, all religious buildings were transferred to various churches and the wall material from the gabions, which were finally dismantled in 1868 for the needs of the city and the churches in Lelów and Staromierz. Initially, the monastery was supported only by alms, but over time bequests from capital and land began to be accepted. During almost five centuries of existence in Lelów, the monastery experienced days of glory, but also humiliation. However, the balance was positive. The more famous and distinguished fathers for the monastery and the monastery included: Albert Wyszogrodzki, Aleksander Skoteliusz, Adrian Menezjusz Szkot, Bonawentura Małaszowski, Erazm Mierzwa and the last guardian Jan Ciechuciński.
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