St. John of Nepomuk / sv. Jan Nepomucký - Bystrec, Czech Republic
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N 50° 00.635 E 016° 37.221
33U E 616097 N 5541065
The statue of St. John of Nepomuk Bystrec village
Waymark Code: WM11KX8
Location: Pardubický kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 11/09/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Alfouine
Views: 7

[Google translate]
The sandstone sculpture is mounted on a prismatic plinth, which carries a two-piece pedestal with a protruding front, volute wings on the sides. The pedestal is terminated by a distinctly lined profiled cornice with a dove on the front. The cornice is lined at the bottom with a dentist. Relief from the life of St. John of Nepomuk - confessor. Above the relief hanging festons on the upper parts of volute wings, plaits and roses. The lower parts of the volute wings are decorated with plant motifs. Monogram F.T. and the year 1812. On the front side of the plinth a rectangular relief field with rosettes. On the ledge of the pedestal is placed a statue of a saint in the life-size in the usual contrapost concept, standing on a cloud with angel's heads. A figure clad in a flowing draped canonical robe, holding a crucifix on his left forearm, holding a biret and a palm branch in his right hand. angels on the side of the ledge - one with a lock, the other with a book on which the monogram I.R.

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Saint John of Nepomuk (or John Nepomucene) (Czech: Jan Nepomucký; German: Johannes Nepomuk; Latin: Ioannes Nepomucenus (c. 1345 – March 20, 1393) is the saint of Bohemia (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 and drowning.

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The general attributes of sculpture of St. John of Nepomuk: priestly dress, halo of five stars, the Cross, finger over the lips.


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Jan ci Johánek z Pomuka (mezi 1340 a 1350 v Pomuku, dnešním Nepomuku – 20. brezna 1393 v Praze) byl generální vikár pražského arcibiskupa, pozdeji uctívaný jako svatý Jan Nepomucký, mucedník katolické církve a jeden z ceských zemských patronu.

Od roku 1369 pusobil jako verejný notár v Praze. Poté pusobil jako hlavní písar u práve vytvorených soudních akt generálních vikáru. Mezi lety 1373–1383 požíval titulu notarius, prothonotarius cancellarie a domesticus commensalis arcibiskupa Jana Ocka z Vlašimi. V zárí 1389 byl jmenován generálním vikárem pražského arcibiskupa po Kuneši z Trebovle.
Kvuli velkému západnímu schizmatu vzniklo neprátelství mezi ceským králem Václavem IV. a arcibiskupem Jenem z Jenštejna. Dne 20. brezna 1393 se brzo ráno sešel král Václav IV. s Janem z Jenštejna. Po krátké hádce nechal král zajmout ctyri muže z arcibiskupova doprovodu, Jana z Pomuka, Mikuláše Puchníka, míšenského probošta Václava Knoblocha a laika arcibiskupského hofmistra Nepra z Roupova. Ti byli vyslýcháni na Pražském hrade, poté na Staromestské radnici, kde byl posléze držen Nepr a ostatní byli presunuti do staromestské rychty (dnes dum c. 12 na rohu ulic Rytírské a Na Mustku), kde byli muceni. Jan zemrel behem tohoto mucení, ostatní byli propušteni. Okolo deváté vecer pak bylo jeho telo svrženo z dnešního Karlova mostu do Vltavy.

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Obecné atributy vyobrazení Jana Nepomuckého: kanovnické roucho, biret, pet hvezd kolem hlavy, kríž, palmeta, prst u úst, kniha, ruženec
Associated Religion(s): Roman-catholic

Statue Location: in centre of village

Entrance Fee: free

Artist: unspecified by the author

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