Sv. Jan Nepomucký / St. John of Nepomuk - Hradcany (Prague)
N 50° 05.254 E 014° 23.348
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Depicted Baroque sculptural group with St. John of Nepomuk (Sv. Jan Nepomucký) is located in Pohorelec square in Prague's district Hradcany...
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Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 11/14/2014
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Depicted Baroque sculptural group with St. John of Nepomuk (Sv. Jan Nepomucký) is located in Pohorelec square in Prague's district Hradcany. .
The saint's statue stays on large ornate pedestal with two putti was sculpted by Jan Antonín Quitainer (probably) in 1752.
St. John of Nepomuk (1345–1393) is a national saint of the Czech Republic, who was drowned in the Vltava river at the behest of Wenceslaus, King of the Romans and King of Bohemia. Later accounts state that he was the confessor of the queen of Bohemia and refused to divulge the secrets of the confessional. On the basis of this account, John of Nepomuk is considered the first martyr of the Seal of the Confessional, a patron against calumnies and, because of the manner of his death, a protector from floods.