 As Pope, in 1999 he elevated the Church to a minor basilica.He also visited the Church on his papal pilgrimage to Poland on 18 September 2002.Legend has it that in 1184 oxen carrying the remains of St. Florian – the future patron saint of Poland – the relics miraculously grew too heavy to be taken any further into the city and remained in Kleparz until it was decided for the Church to be built at that exact spot.