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Vol. 94 (2000): Our Past

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Christ falling under the Cross in the folk culture of Lesser Poland

  • Urszula Janicka-Krzywda
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52204/np.2000.94.495-511  [Google Scholar]
Published: 2000-12-30

Abstract

The origins of the depiction of the third fall of Jesus under the cross date back to apocryphal literature and Passion plays based on the apocrypha. In Polish apocryphal literature, the oldest texts related to the Passion of the Savior are "Meditation on the Life of the Lord Jesus" and "Dominican Meditations". The oldest iconographic representations of the third fall of Jesus come from the 14th century. The beginnings of staging Gospel episodes, including the Passion, date back to the 11th century in Western Europe. In Poland, as in other European countries, religious performances turned into more and more secular spectacles and were finally banned by the Holy See in 1685. The Mysteries of the Passion of the Lord and the Stations of the Cross processions became the main religious events celebrated in churches. Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, founded in 1600, played an important role in Polish Passion piety. Pilgrimages there were associated with various types of devotional publications that promoted the cult of the Third Fall of Jesus under the cross. The motif of the Third Fall of Jesus under the cross had an important place in the folk Passion piety in the Małopolska region, especially in the vicinity of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska. It was a topic often discussed in folk art, verbal folklore and pilgrimage rituals, expressing hope for the redemption of sins.

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