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John Paul II

Monument stands in the courtyard of the Catholic University of Lublin.

The monument portrays a moment made famous by a photograph of Poland's Primate, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński greeting Karol Wojtyła following his election to the Papacy by the conclave of the cardinals on October 16, 1978. The Cardinal kneeled in front of the Pope who bent over and raised him up. The moment was rendered all the more poignant by Cardinal Wyszyński is said to have been himself nominated at the conclave but to have declined to be a candidate, advancing instead the candidacy of Cardinal Wojtyła. The sculptor, Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz of Warsaw, was particularly successful in the figures facial expressions as can be seen in a close-up of the monument. Unveiled on May 30th, 1983 the bronze sculpture rests on a granit base and rises to a height of six feet.

 

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