An erratic boulder of gray granite located on Adama Mickiewicza Street, near the "Mountain of Miracles" or "Cudak" hill, with which numerous legends are associated, including the site of a former pagan cult or a monastery and church collapsed centuries ago. According to local tradition, the boulder is thought to have come from the wall of a former monastery, while the hollow visible on the surface of the boulder is the imprint of the foot of the Blessed Virgin Mary or Baby Jesus. The hollows seen next to it are supposed to be the imprints of the cat's and dog's paws.
One legend says that the stone moves every year by a grain of sand toward a nearby road, and when it reaches it the end of the world will occur. In the 1970s, some of the depressions seen on the stone were cast with cement mortar by the landowner, who was disturbed by interest in the boulder and the destruction of crops by people entering the field. However, foot-like marks and animal paw prints remained intact. About 50 meters northwest of the stone, in a meadow, there is a spring, considered miraculous in local tradition. It is now forgotten and overgrown. On Good Friday before sunrise, local residents would gather around it. On that day the water was said to have miraculous healing powers, especially helpful for the eyes and complexion.
Sources of information: Rutkowski 1927, 171; Czarnecki 2022, 21-22; field queries
Geographic coordinates: 51.073686, 20.244662
Location on Google maps
Location on the map of Anton Mayer von Heldensfeld Carte von West Gallicien (1801-1804) - First Military Survey
RADOSZYCE, GM. RADOSZYCE by Lukasz Miechowicz on Sketchfab
3D model of the stone with the "imprint of the foot of the Virgin Mary" in Radoszyce
