Pamięć o chrzcie Polski w Wielkopolsce pod pruskim zaborem
Remembrance of the baptism of Poland in Greater Poland in Prussian Partition

Summary/Abstract: The baptism of Poland has constituted an important event from the dawn of history of the Polish nation, hence the remembrance of it was re- called both before the partition and during the national captivity. It had its special meaning during the second period, while the recollection cemented the nation which was torn by Russia, Austria and Prussia. Remembrance of Christianization of the Polish land was particularly maintained in Greater Poland. Landowners circles and the clergy initiated, literary, artistic and architectural undertakings, where the main motive was the Christianiza- tion of Poland. The Golden Chapel in the Cathedral in Poznań, which has meant to be as necropolis for Mieszko I and Bolesław Chrobry, became the crucial sign of it. However, not to mention jubilees commemorating the Christianization organised from 1860 until 1863 and in 1916. All those initiatives were developing the Polish spirit and kept strenghtening catholic identity of Poles exposed to Germanization.

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