The silver reliquary coffin of St. Stanislaus was commissioned by King Sigismund III Vasa in 1630 and ceded to the Wawel Cathedral in Kraków by Ladislaus IV Vasa on March 26th, 1633. It was destroyed in 1657 by the Swedish troops of Paul Würtz.
Państwowy Instytut Sztuki (1985). Biuletyn historii sztuki, Volume 47
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New sarcophagus from 1671
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