The Black Madonna of Czestochowa



         


The Black Madonna of Częstochowa (Czarna Madonna or Matka Boska Częstochowska in Polish) is a 14th century icon of a Black Madonna. It is credited with miraculously saving the monastery of Jasna Góra from a Swedish onslaught.

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