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Basilica of St Mary and St Bartholomew in Piekary Śląskie
Piekary Śląskie
In 1680 Emperor Leopold I asked for the image of Our Lady of Piekary to be brought to plague-stricken Prague, where it was carried in procession through the streets. Three years later King John III Sobieski prayed before it on his way to t…