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Parish church complex of St. Peter and Paul - Zabytek.pl

Parish church complex of St. Peter and Paul


church Kije

Address
Kije

Location
woj. świętokrzyskie, pow. pińczowski, gm. Kije

The parish complex in Kije belongs to one of the most interesting modern complexes of this type in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship.

The chancel of the present church is a well-preserved small temple from the 1st half of the 12th century; it is one of the most important indigenous examples of a Romanesque aisleless church with a beamed western empire. Inside, the following elements are noteworthy: a complex of “marble” epitaphs from the 17th to 19th century (workshop from Chęciny, Dębnik and Krakow) and large-format paintings of saints by Kazimierz Mołodziński (ca. 1769).

History

According to local tradition, the church in Kije was founded in 1144, which is partly confirmed by archaeological research. In 1213, the church was first recorded in the sources, which proves that it had already existed in the second half of the 12th century. Before 1325 the Kije deanery was established. Probably in the sixteenth century, a sacristy was built next to the church. In the 1st half of the 17th century, a nave and two chapels were added: of the Krasucki family (c. 1618) and Gołuchowski family (mid. 17th century). In 1652, a mansionary was established next to the church. In 1664 new altars were consecrated and in the second half of the 17th century it was restored several times (after 1679 the nave was vaulted and before 1702 the chancel was raised). In the years 1730-37, a new main altar was erected, founded by Fr. Wacław Hieronim Sierakowski. In 1733, Józef Dembiński built a new chapel of St. Joseph which replaced the old one - the Gołuchowski family chapel. The church complex was thoroughly transformed by Fr Ignacy Bieńkowski, a Kije provost in the years 1755-93. His most important investments include: renovation of the temple combined with the modernisation of its furnishing (1760s-1780s) 18th century) and surrounding the church cemetery with new walls (1760-66), the chapel of the Holy Family (1776) and the belfry (1786-9). In the 19th century there were several renovations of the buildings of the complex. In 1841 a morgue was added to the belfry. During the restoration of the church in 1936, Romanesque walls were uncovered in the interior of the chancel. In 1945, it was damaged by warfare. In 1958-64 the altars and walls of the temple underwent conservation and archaeological research was carried out there. Further renovation and restoration works on the buildings were carried out in the 1970s, 1982-91 and 2002-3. In 1993, two paintings in the temple were restored.

Description

The parish church complex occupies the inner part of an irregular plot of land, which is situated in the northwestern part of the village, on the road to Jędrzejów. It includes: a Baroque temple (with Romanesque and Gothic frames), a late Baroque belfry, a former church cemetery and a cemetery wall with gates.

The orientated one-nave church, located in the middle of the area, is a cross-shaped building with a four-span nave and a separate, lower, two-span chancel with an apse. A low rectangular sacristy adjoins the chancel from the north. On the sides, the nave is framed by symmetrically arranged square domed chapels with blind lanterns: the northern St. Joseph’s chapel and the southern Chapel of the Holy Family, with a low, rectangular porch added to it. The body of the church was made of stone, plastered and covered with buttresses. It is covered with a gable roof (above the nave with a steeple), multi-hipped (above the chancel), shed roof (above the sacristy and the porch) and a four-sectional cupola (above the chapels). Among the modest facades of the church, the two-storey, three-axial western facade stands out, divided by pilasters and niches (in the lower one, the figures of St. Peter and St. Paul from 1807). Romanesque brickwork was uncovered on the upper wall of the chancel, and on the eastern facade of the sacristy coat of arms shields from the 15th century were laid in. The main and side entrance in the porch are accentuated by stone portals from the first half of the 17th century (mainly attributed to the Pińczów workshop). The church’s interior is covered with vaults: barrel vault with lunettes on arches (in the nave covered with stucco), cross-ribbed vault (in the chancel with stucco decoration) and cross vault (in the sacristy and porch), dome-shaped (in the chapels). In the chancel, there are traces of Romanesque brickwork, windows and a portal (inside, an ashlar block with a coat of arms from the 14th century?). The entrance to the chancel to the sacristy is accentuated by a “marble” portal from 1702 (unidentified Chęciny workshop). Among the almost uniform late-Baroque furnishing of the church from 1750s-80s, the following are worthy of attention: the pulpit, altars, “marble” baptismal font (workshop from Dębnik?), paintings of Polish saints by K. Mołodziński (ca. 1768-9), the painting The Martyrdom of St. Peter (1770s, by Guido Reni) and “marble” epitaphs and tombstones from the 17th-19th centuries (of Zofia Krasucka from ca. 1640, by an undefined sculptor from Chęciny?, the others made by workshops from Dębnik and Krakow).

The belfry was added to the cemetery walls and located south-east to the church. It is a square, two-storey building with a passage gate in the ground floor. It was made of stone and partially plastered. It was covered with a split broken cupola with bent corners with a spire. The one-axis facades of the building were divided with horizontal cornices and pilasters on the sides; the openings were enclosed with stone frames. A low, rectangular morgue was added to it from the southern side. It is made of stone, plastered and covered with a shed roof.

The wall surrounding the church cemetery is made of stone, plastered and covered with buttresses. In the south-western and southern part it has two gates with a volute-shaped top with a cross.

The monument is open to visitors. The interiors may be explored upon prior arrangement with the parish priest.

Łukasz Piotr Młynarski, Regional Branch of the National Institute of Cultural Heritage in Kielce, 12.05.2016.

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Category: church

Protection: Register of monuments, Monuments records

Inspire id: PL.1.9.ZIPOZ.NID_N_26_ZE.21850, PL.1.9.ZIPOZ.NID_E_26_ZE.799