Kradzież w katedrze gnieźnieńskiej - 1986 r. - video Dailymotion

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00:00The whole of Poland was shocked by the theft that took place in the Gnieznieńska Cathedral.

00:07A silver relic of St. Wojciech, the patron saint of Poland, was stolen.

00:11The perpetrators got to the cathedral at night through the window of the side chapel.

00:15They took away the pastor, the mitre, the evangelist, which St. Wojciech was holding in his hand, and the pillow on which he was leaning.

00:21They also broke off the wings of six eagles standing under the field of Trumienka.

00:25They took away the tired man, who had lost his legs and torso.

00:28It was an exceptional vandalism and a lack of respect for any holiness, wrote the newspapers of that time.

00:33There are no words to express our movement, said Marian Górny, the president of Gniezno.

00:39The break-in was discovered on March 20, 1986.

00:43In the morning, the then priest of the cathedral, priest-canonist Zenon Willa,

00:47immediately notified the police, which immediately began to investigate this case.