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Kuga je bila jedna od najsmrtonosnijih epidemijskih bolesti XVIII. stoljeća. Odgovori na nju nisu bili samo medicinski već i religijski. Dobar je primjer toga spomenik Presvetoga Trojstva u gradu Osijeku što ga je u baroknome stilu između 1729. i 1730. dala podići udovica generala Maksimilijana Petraša koji je preminuo tijekom epidemije kuge 1728. Njegova se izgradnja može protumačiti kao izraz katoličke obnove pa se u tome smislu spomenik može percipirati kao simbol uspješnog uvođenja habsburških rekatolizacijskih vjerskih mjera u Osijek i Slavoniju nakon njihova oslobođenja od Osmanlija, ali i i kao kontinuitet teurgičkoga razumijevanja medicine i kao znak neuspješnog uvođenja habsburških prosvijećenih zdravstvenih mjera. Pregledom arhivske građe i analizom samoga spomenika, rad nastoji razjasniti spomenute suprotnosti., Plague was one of the most deadly epidemic diseases of the Baroque period. Responses to it were not only medical, but religious as well. A good example of the latter is the Most Holy Trinity monument in the city of Osijek, which was in the 18th century the biggest town of the Kingdom of Slavonia and today is the regional centre in the Republic of Croatia. The monument was erected between 1729 and 1730 on the main square of the Osijek military fortress Tvrđa by the widow of the General Maksimilijan Petraš who died during the 1728 plague epidemic. Inscription on it implores the mercy of God as a protection against plague. Its foundation could be also interpreted as a part of the Catholic Revival, which was implemented by the Habsburgs in Osijek and Slavonia after their liberation from the Ottomans. But although, on the one hand, it could be interpreted as a symbol of the successful implementation of the Habsburg unifying religious policies due to its strong resemblance with the similar columns throughout the Habsburg Monarchy, on the other hand, it represented a continuation of the theurgic understanding of medicine, which could be interpreted as the failure of the Habsburg enlightened medical policies. Thus the archival documents from the Osijek State Archive together with the Osijek plague column itself were analysed with the aim of explaining the above mentioned ambiguities.