 Notably, during the Swedish siege of Kraków, General Stefan Czarniecki ordered the city's suburbs burned down.However, during the citywide fire which consumed a considerable part of Kraków in 1528, the church – containing St. Florian's relics – survived.Since then St. Florian, usually portrayed as a Roman legion officer carrying water, has been revered in Poland as patron saint of firefighters and chimneysweeps.