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The Latin text of the grant of tithes to St Martin’s church, quoted in a document of Bishop Iwo dated 15 August 1219 and known only from a later copy.
W. Semkowicz, Przyczynki dyplomatyczne z wieków średnich, Lwów 1912 (offprint), pp. 5–6; scan: Podlachian Digital Library.
The author died in 1949; economic rights have expired. Copy: University Library in Białystok, shelfmark La 111453.
The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments grants St Martin’s church in Pacanów the title of minor basilica (Prot. N. 1295/06/L); the Latin text appears with a Polish translation by Bishop Stefan Cichy.
“Anamnesis” 62 (2010), pp. 30–31, scan from the website of the Polish Bishops’ Conference.
Scan shown with the consent of the parish priest.
A fifteenth-century description of the parish: a church partly of brick and partly of stone, dedicated by Bishop Maurus at the request of the patron Seminianus and endowed with eight tithes, together with the parish priest’s income and the villages of the parish.
J. Długosz, Liber beneficiorum, vol. II, Kraków 1864, pp. 422–424; scan: Internet Archive.
Printed in 1864; public domain.
The entry traces the town’s history from the founding of the parish by Bishop Maurus, through its former owners and taxes, to its condition in the nineteenth century.
Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego, vol. VII, Warsaw 1886, p. 806; scan: Internet Archive.
Printed in 1886; public domain.
When the table of the high altar was lowered, relics were found together with a small bottle holding a parchment on which Bishop Mikołaj Oborski attests the consecration of the altar on 25 July 1679.
Rev. J. Wiśniewski, Historyczny opis kościołów, miast, zabytków i pamiątek w Stopnickiem, Marjówka 1929, p. 181; scan: UMCS Digital Library.
The author died in 1943; public domain according to the library catalogue.
The author records the legend of figures that came to rest in Mogiła, Pacanów and Warsaw, and states that the sculptor Rotter told it to him; he also describes the cross and a recommendation of the 1783 visitation.
Rev. J. Wiśniewski, Historyczny opis kościołów, miast, zabytków i pamiątek w Stopnickiem, Marjówka 1929, p. 184; scan: UMCS Digital Library.
The author died in 1943; public domain according to the library catalogue.
The pedestal of the column in front of St Barbara’s chapel bore the inscription ANNO DOMINI 1670 HOC OPUS STANISLAUS MISTERA CUM UXORE EREXIT: this work was erected by Stanisław Mistera and his wife.
Rev. J. Wiśniewski, Historyczny opis kościołów, miast, zabytków i pamiątek w Stopnickiem, Marjówka 1929, p. 188; scan: UMCS Digital Library.
The author died in 1943; public domain according to the library catalogue.
The stations were provided by the Parys family; Reformed friars from Stopnica and priests carried them in procession from the manor to the church, where Fr Bierzyński received them at the door.
Rev. J. Wiśniewski, Historyczny opis kościołów, miast, zabytków i pamiątek w Stopnickiem, Marjówka 1929, p. 191; scan: UMCS Digital Library.
The author died in 1943; public domain according to the library catalogue.
The walls were repaired from the foundations, part of the church was rebuilt, and a stone floor, a new roof and a bell were provided; some votive offerings, corals and silver were sold to cover the cost.
Rev. J. Wiśniewski, Historyczny opis kościołów, miast, zabytków i pamiątek w Stopnickiem, Marjówka 1929, p. 192; scan: UMCS Digital Library.
The author died in 1943; public domain according to the library catalogue.
The page lists parish priests of the turn of the twentieth century and their work on the church, followed by the life of Rotter, whom the author visited in 1923, with a list of the altars he made.
Rev. J. Wiśniewski, Historyczny opis kościołów, miast, zabytków i pamiątek w Stopnickiem, Marjówka 1929, p. 193; scan: UMCS Digital Library.
The author died in 1943; public domain according to the library catalogue.
After a visitation of Książnice in 1783, carried out on the authority of Michał Poniatowski, the locality was joined to Pacanów.
Rev. J. Wiśniewski, Historyczny opis kościołów, miast, zabytków i pamiątek w Stopnickiem, Marjówka 1929, p. 334; scan: UMCS Digital Library.
The author died in 1943; public domain according to the library catalogue.
The entry gives details of the church, clergy, chapels, schools and population; the pencil notes come from the scanned copy.
Katalog Duchowieństwa i Probostw Diecezji Kieleckiej za Rok 1940/1941, p. 85; scan of the Catholic University of Lublin Library copy: Internet Archive.
Diocesan publication of 1940 with no named author.
Entry for St Martin’s parish church (register nos 781 of 8 February 1958 and 147 of 23 June 1967) and the parish cemetery (A.63 of 23 June 1992).
National Heritage Board of Poland, register of immovable monuments of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, as of 30 June 2026, p. 4 of 84.
Official document.
