1868 - Statue of St. John of Nepomuk - Loucim, Czech Republic
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A chronogram on the pedestal of the statue of St. John of Nepomuk in Loucim village
Waymark Code: WM12778
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 03/18/2020
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The chronogram is located on the sandstone pedestal. The Roman numerals of chronogram are larger than the other letters and are red color-coded from the rest of the text.
The statue was created in the early 18th century.
The chronogram:
VzyVeJ nynI s.jana srDeCne aby byL I tobe u boha zástupCeM VeCne
EN: Invoke Saint John heartily so that he will intercede for
you to God eternally.
Saint John of Nepomuk (or John Nepomucene) [Czech: Jan Nepomucký; German: Johannes Nepomuk; Latin: Ioannes (or Ioannis) 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 he 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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Kamenná barokní plastika spocívá na odstupneném ctyrbokém pilíri ukonceném profilovanou rímsou a doplneném nápisovou deskou.
Na vysokém hladkém soklu je umísten trojdílný hranolový podstavec s prevýšenou a predsunutou strední cástí, ukoncenou masivní rímsou, z níž jsou na stranách zavešeny ovocné festony, podpírané na boku rímsami obou bocních podstavcu.