The umbra­cu­lum basi­li­ca­le pla­ced by the cibo­rium is a visi­ble sign refer­ring to the con­fer­ment of the digni­ty of Minor Basi­li­ca on St Mary­’s Church. St Mary­’s Church in Cra­cow beca­me a basi­li­ca minor in 1962. This was done by a deci­sion and bull of Pope John XXIII. At that time, the Bishop of Rome empha­si­sed the spi­ri­tu­al and cul­tu­ral signi­fi­can­ce of the Cra­cow Parish Church. This was at the spe­cial requ­est of Karol Woj­ty­ła, Arch­bi­shop of Krakow.

The papal umbrel­la was deco­ra­ted by the Ita­lian Ser­po­ne stu­dio with the Marian mono­grams of Notre-Dame de Cra­co­vie, the coats of arms of the city of Kra­kow, Bishop Iwo Odro­wąż (foun­der of the parish 800 years ago), Pope John XXIII (author of the bull) and the coat of arms of Father Infu­lat Fer­di­nand Machay (arch­priest of the church at the time).

Umbra­cu­lum basi­li­ca­le sto­od next to the cibo­rium of Gio­van­ni Maria Pado­va­no (1551−1553), the can­dle of the Gre­at Jubi­lee (2025 years sin­ce the birth of the Savio­ur in Beth­le­hem) with the inscrip­tion ‘Pil­grims of Hope — Jubi­lee 2025’), and next to the sta­tu­es of the Vir­gin Mary, St Joseph and the Infant Jesus (part of the instal­la­tion of the crib). The­se sta­tu­es were made a few years ago by the work­shop of Fer­di­nand Stu­fles­ser of Orti­sei in South Tyrol.