Programy heraldyczne w dekoracji kościołów parafialnych w Kraśniku i Chodlu

The essay is an analysis of coats of arms, mainly from the second quarter ofthe 16th  century, connected with the architecture and decoration of thechurch of the Regular Canons in Kraśnik and the parish church in Chodel. The identification of numerous coats of arms used to decorate the keystones,supports, portals, balustrades, and facades of the Kraśnik church confirms two stages of its construction by two branches of the Tęczyński family (coat of arms Topór ) in the 15th  and 16th  centuries. The identification of the coatsof arms painted on the chancel vault of the church in Chodel determines thedating of its decorations and commemorates the town’s proprietors –  theMaciejowski family and their family connections in the second quarter of the16th  century. The identification of the coats of arms makes it possible to proposeprecise dating of the construction of both churches.