Virgin Kębelska

The Virgin of Kębło (Polish: Matka Boska Kębelska) is a medieval sculpture of the Madonna and Child, located in the shrine in Wąwolnica.

This style of sculpture is characterized by elegance and courtliness in presenting subtly, drawing a regular face and the richness and decorative draperies into the system.

When the defeated Tatars wanted to flee with their loot and prisoners, the figure of the Virgin Mary lifted itself into the air, moved a considerable distance and hung above them.

The location of the event became the object of a pilgrimage, and the local landowner Otto Jastrzębczyk decided to build a wooden church, in which the figure was placed.

On 8 September, 1700, the statue was transferred to the parish church in Wąwolnica after the superior of the Benedictines from the Basilica of the Holy Cross (Bazylika mniejsza pw.