This church, cared for by the Pauline order, holds in its high altar an image of the Merciful Jesus that survived the monastery's 1612 fire and still draws worshippers to adoration.
The Sanctuary of Merciful Jesus Pięciorański stands on ul. gen. Jarosława Dąbrowskiego in Wieruszów and serves as the parish church dedicated to the Holy Spirit under the care of the Pauline Fathers. The name Pięciorański derives from an old religious confraternity gathered around the cult of the image of Merciful Jesus, which remains in the main altar to this day.
The monastery in Wieruszów was founded in 1401 by Bernard Wierusz, a land judge from Wieluń, establishing it next to a wooden church dedicated to the Holy Spirit. From the beginning the place was associated with the cult of an image which over time gained fame as a miraculous likeness.
In 1612 a fire consumed the monastery, but the image itself survived the flames, which strengthened its religious significance in the area. The rebuilt church received the preserved likeness in 1632 and from that time the image has remained the main focus of worship in the church.
In 1701 the Pięciorański Confraternity was established at the church, from which the sanctuary's present name derives. The Pauline Fathers left Wieruszów in 1864 under a tsarist decree closing monasteries, and returned to care for the church only in 1983.
On 18 April 2009 bishop Stanisław Napierała raised the church to the status of Diocesan Sanctuary of Merciful Jesus Pięciorański. The image in the main altar depicts Christ in iconography connected with eucharistic devotion, to which the faithful come for prayer and adoration.
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