This article examines devout foundations and their initiators as exemplified by the town of Krnov during the 17th and 18th century. In the first half of this period, the city underwent a process of renewal of the Catholic confession within its walls, following by the growth of the
Baroque piety. The foundations to the church institutions were also part of this process. In the case of Krnov, they were represented by the local St. Martin’s parish church and by the Minorite convent.