Nowożytne obiekty sepulkralne w kościołach historycznej Warmii (ok. 1500–ok. 1800)
Modern sepulkral buildings in the churches of historical Warmia (approx. 1500 – ca. 1800)

Summary/Abstract: Already in the oldest Christian tradition, churches were places of burial. Most often, rulers of states, clergy, people of merit for the Church, outstanding personalities, local rulers, townspeople, and nobility found their final resting place there. It was no different in Warmia. Already from the 14th century, the dead were buried in the built churches – in Warmian circumstances, they were primarily clergymen. This situation practically lasted until the 19th century, when the forms of cemeteries known to this day developed, and churches simply ran out of places – both for the burials themselves and for places of commemoration of the dead. From approx. between 1500 and 1800, several hundred burials were made in the Warmian churches. Starting from the Warmia cathedral and ending with village churches. To date, approx. 200 sepulchral objects – mainly epitaphs and tombstones (apart from them, two tombstones by the wall and one altar dedicated to the deceased).

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