The Jesuit Church stands on Świętojańska Street in the Old Town of Warsaw, next to St. John's Cathedral. It was founded in 1609 by King Sigismund III Vasa and Andrzej Bobola, at the initiative of Piotr Skarga, for the Jesuits. The main building was built between 1609 and 1626 by the architect Jan Frankiewicz, and its facade is Polish Mannerist.
In 1651 an icon of Our Lady of Graces, a gift from Pope Innocent X, was introduced and crowned here. The church was damaged and looted in 1656, and the Jesuit order was dissolved in 1773. The church was razed by the Germans after the Warsaw Uprising was suppressed.
It was rebuilt between the 1950s and 1973 in a simplified style. Among the preserved fragments is the 1753 tomb monument of Jan Tarło. The church is part of the Historic Centre of Warsaw, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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