The Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Nicholas ( pl, Bazylika katedralna Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny i św. Mikołaja w Łowiczu ) also called Łowicz Cathedral is a religious building affiliated with the Catholic Church and is located in the city of

Łowicz Łowicz is a town in central Poland with 27,896 inhabitants (2020). It is situated in the Łódź Voivodeship (since 1999); previously, it was in Skierniewice Voivodeship (1975–1998). Together with a nearby station of Bednary, Łowicz is a ma ...

in the Łódź Voivodeship,

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

. It is a church located in the old market square, called "Mazowiecki Wawel" resting place of 12 archbishops of Gniezno and primates of Poland. On November 13, 2012, the building was included in the list of historical monuments in Poland. Originally, this place was a wooden church funded in 1100, probably by Prince

Władysław I Herman Władysław I Herman ( 1044 – 4 June 1102) was the duke of Poland from 1079 until his death. Accession Władysław was the second son of the Polish duke Casimir the Restorer and Maria Dobroniega of Kiev. As the second son, Władysław was not ...

. After a new temple was built in the

Gothic style Gothic or Gothics may refer to: People and languages *Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes **Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths **Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...

. On 25 April 1433 was elevated to the rank of collegiate church. The Temple was severely damaged during the battle of Bzura in 1939. After the war it was renewed. On 25 March 1992, Pope John Paul II created the Diocese of Lowicz, bringing the church to the dignity of the cathedral. During his Apostolic Journey the Pope visited Łowicz and June 14, 1999, granted the cathedral the title of

minor basilica In the Catholic Church, a basilica is a designation given by the Pope to a church building. Basilicas are distinguished for ceremonial purposes from other churches. The building need not be a basilica in the architectural sense (a rectangular ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Assumption Cathedral, Church Roman Catholic cathedrals in Poland Łowicz Basilica churches in Poland The Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland

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