St Ignatius's church held a Byzantine-style Russian icon of the Black Mother of God, once brought from Moscow. People believed in its miraculous power, and great pilgrimages came to where it was kept. Many copies were made, both painted on panels and engraved in metal. It also served as the model for the statue in the Holín suburb.
Location and map
- Place
- Jičín
- Municipality / starting point
- Jičín
- District / region
- Not stated in the sources
- Country
- Not specified in the sources
- Distance and direction
- 90 km NE of Prahy
St Ignatius's church held a Byzantine-style Russian icon of the Black Mother of God, once brought from Moscow. People believed in its miraculous power, and great pilgrimages came to where it was kept. Many copies were made, both painted on panels and engraved in metal. It also served as the model for the statue in the Holín suburb.
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 149
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.