Święta Katarzyna ( Saint Catherine) – the convent

The begenning of the convent have their origin in the legendary person of king Władysław Jagiełło’s knight, Wacławek, who for his loyalty and courage was given that ground. Wacławek with the help of some monks maneged to build there a tiny wooden church. Its altar was decorated with the Saint Catherine figure, the martyr whose name was later given to that church and the whole village. In 1534 the fire destroyed the church and the reconstruction laseted several years. In 1723 thanks to archbishop Szeniawski’s agreement people made the first churchyard, existed till 1834. Then, as the chronicle states, the church was transfered to the nuns who were left homeless after the fire of their own convent in Drzewica. In 1847 the next fire destroyed the church, this time the rebuilding took two years.