Stoczek Klasztorny
Historical Towns and Villages
Voivodeship
Warmińsko-Mazurskie
Kingdom
Warmia and the Area
Distances from the Green Velo
0.08 km
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This small village east of Lidzbark Warmiński is the centre of pilgrimages to Our Lady of Peace.
It is also known as the place where Stefan Wyszyński was interned – the cardinal was held in Stoczek from 12th October 1953 to 6th October 1954 during a period of intensified of conflict between the Polish People’s Republic authorities and the Catholic Church.
The Baroque Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary with a rotunda-shaped chancel, which forms part of the Shrine, was constructed as a votive offering for the peace treaty signed in 1635 between Poland and Sweden in the village of Sztumska Wieś. In 1987, the church was raised to the status of a minor basilica by Pope John Paul II.
