The Historical Eqiupment of the Holy Trinity Church in Bieździedza Based on Inventories from Years 1781-1787

Abstract

The historic church the Holy Trinity in Bieździedza has over 600 years. The turbulent history has made it impossible to find an elderly equipment in such old walls. The appearance of the interior of the temple can be reconstructed on the basis of the source materials gathered mainly in the archives of the Archdiocese of Przemyśl. This work presents furnishing and accessories of the church which was in the church at the end of the 18th century. After thorough inventory of records in 1781 to 1787 a fairly accurate picture of the interior, which burned in 1879, arises. The majority of the sources are the result of the decanation visits by Fr. Franciszek Hajdecki.

As the first part of the paper an outline of the history of the parish of Bieździedza is presented, the second one describes the altars and to calculate the most important elements of the decor of the essential parts of the church. The third part contains a description of the interior of the side chapel of the temple, which also has been separately listed in the sources.