[2] At the end of the eleventh century the descendants of Count Palatine and the great Polish nobleman Piotr Włostowic allowed the construction of a Romanesque church on the island.

Additional work took place in the following centuries, including the construction of the Chapel of the Holy Cross by Antonio Coldin in 1666.

A century later, lightning struck the south tower destroying its roof, while a few days earlier the new 4.7 ton bell had just been blessed.

When the Soviet troops advanced to the west in 1945, the church and the buildings served as headquarters for the German army, which was conscious of fighting a dead-end battle.

Warsaw-based artist Teresa Reklewska composed in 1968 the new modern stained glass windows depicting scenes from the New Testament.