page_title: Canons Regular of the Holy Sepulchre
section_title: Poland
hierarchical_section_title: Canons Regular of the Holy Sepulchre / History / Europe / Poland
caption_attribution_description: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Bazylika Grobu Pańskiego) in Miechów, Poland, is a 14th century Gothic basilica
context_page_description: The Canons Regular of the Holy Sepulchre were a Catholic religious order of canons regular of the Rule of Saint Augustine said to have been founded in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, then the capital of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, recognised in 1113 by Papal bull of Pope Paschal II. Other accounts has it that they were founded earlier, during the rule of Godfrey of Bouillon.
  After the fall of Jerusalem to Saladin, the Canons fled the Holy Land along with other Latin Christians. They first settled briefly on Cyprus, where they established Bellapais Abbey, before proceeding to settle in various countries of Europe.
  While the Canons Regular of the Holy Sepulchre was suppressed in 1489 by Pope Innocent VIII, its history runs common and parallel to that of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, with Grand Magistery vested in the Papacy since 1496.
  Yet, the Canonesses Regular of the Holy Sepulchre, founded in the 14th century as a female branch of the Canons Regular of the Holy Sepulchre, still exists in convents in Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Spain and England.
context_section_description: In Poland, they were notably active in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Miechów, which received many privileges from Casimir of Bytom, and Casimir II the Just after many Canons came to settle their after their expulsion from the Holy Land. After the ultimate fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem to the Muslims in 1291, the Superior of the convent at Miechów took the title of General of the order, later claiming the style of Grand Prior, and Miechów became the headquarters of the organisation for centuries. Here, the order initiated the custom of setting up, decorating, and visiting Christ’s graves on the last days of the Passion Week. It was in Miechów that the oldest replica of the Holy Sepulchre in Europe, the goal of numerous pilgrims, has been preserved. In Poland, they also receives privileges from Przemysł II.
caption: Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Miechów, Poland.
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