St. Vitus on Archdeacon's House / Sv. Vít na Arcidekanství - Kolín (Central Bohemia)
N 50° 01.618 E 015° 12.137
33U E 514488 N 5541648
Depicted Baroque sandstone statue of St. Vitus (Sv. Vít) decorates walled-up oriel entrance in the southern wall of Archdeacon's House (Arcidekanství) in Kolín' historic downtown.
Waymark Code: WMVVR0
Location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 05/30/2017
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Depicted Baroque sandstone statue of St. Vitus (Sv. Vít) decorates walled-up oriel entrance in the southern wall of Archdeacon's House (Arcidekanství) in Kolín' historic downtown.
The sandstone saints statue, sculpted in ca 1682, was originally mounted on old Gothic facade of St. Vitus Church in Kolín-Zálabí till 1777. Moved to its current location during the Archdeacon's House reconstruction in 1912.
According to the Bible, St. Jude Thaddeus (also Jude, Jude of James, Jude Thaddaeus, Judas Thaddaeus or Lebbaeus) was a distant relative and one of the twelve disciples of Jesus Christ. He gospeled in Arabia, Syria and Persia, where he was captured by pagan priests around the year of 80, tortured and finally killed with arrows (in some other versions, with the club, pole-axe or spear that became his attributes). He is venerated as a protector in difficult and insolvable situations.