Ruttokivi - Plague memorial stone in Porvoo, Finland - Disaster Memorials on Waymarking.com

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[English]Plague came to Porvoo in 1710 from south. Killed nearly 700 people. Graveyard were full so they had to bury people in massgraves. There were also another epidemic in Porvoo region in 1572 that killed about 300 people.

[Suomi]Kun rutto saapui Porvooseen etelästä 1710 se tappoi lähes 700 porvoolaista. Hautausmaat tulivat pian täyteen joten ihmisiä piti haudata joukkohautoihin. Porvoossa riehui myös toinen ruttoepidemia 1572, joka tappoi reilun 300 ihmistä.

In memorial stone there read - Ruttokivessä lukee:

PS. 71 20
TILL MINNET
AV
DEM SOM PESTEN SLOGS
1710-1711
RUTTOON SORTUNEITTEN
MUISTOLLE.


In english.
Psalm 71 20
In memory of those who died by plague
1710 - 1711

On bottom part of the stone there is quite hard to read latin text...
Loppuosassa on hieman hankalasti luettavaa tekstiä latinaksi...

Pestis multas hominum myriades
civium autem Borgoae aurestiumque 652 extinxit
queis locus sepulturae in latere Näse colus
prope viam regiam est datus

Disaster Date: 01/01/1710 Memorial Sponors: Porvoo Disaster Type: Natural Date of dedication: Not listed Parking Coordinates: Not Listed Relevant Website: Not listed

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