2024-07-312024-07-312008-04-17https://hdl.handle.net/10929/138235Located in the vestibule of the Baptistery is the beautiful Icon of Our Lady of Cz?stochowa Our Lady of Cz?stochowa has been intimately associated with Poland for the past 600 years. Its history prior to its arrival in Poland is shrouded in numerous legends which trace the icon's origin to St. Luke who painted it on a cedar table top from the house of the Holy Family. The same legend holds that the painting was discovered in Jerusalem in 326 by St. Helena, who brought it back to Constantinople and presented it to her son, Constantine the Great. This copy of the Icon is located in the antechamber to the BaptistryOriginal file name 01 Icon.jpg3688x2912Each photograph within this collection is protected by copyright and/or related rights. Therefore, these photos may only be used in a way that is permitted by copyright and related rights legislation. The following terms of use for State Library patrons shall apply. 1. Educational Institution/student use is permitted as long as such usage adheres to all copyright and related rights legislation. In these instances, these photographs may only be used for educational or historical purposes. 2. Non-Commercial use is permitted without permission from the rights holder, as long as such use adheres to all copyright and related right legislation. 3. Under no circumstances may these photographs be used for commercial purposes without the direct permission of the rights-holder. 4. Under no circumstances may these photographs be used for political purposes. 5. Users must always give appropriate credit to the photographer. The credit may not in any way suggest the right's holder endorses the user or their use of the photographs. 6. Photographs may be copied or redistributed in any medium or format as long as such use does not violate copyright and related rights legislation. 7. Users may remix, transform, and rebuild upon the original photographs as long as it does not violate copyright and related rights legislation.The Icon of Our Lady of Cz?stochowaThe Black MadonnaBasilica Cathedral of the Sacred HeartBasilicaCathedralCatholic ChurchCatholic CathedralCatholic BasilicaSacred Heart CathedralGothic ArchitectureGothic Style ChurchFrench Gothic ArchitectureArchdiocese of NewarkCatholic ArchdioceseDioceseNewarkEssex CountyNew JerseyNJJerseyThe Garden State