1794 - Statue of St. John Sarkander - Potštát, Czech Republic
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A chronogram on the pedestal of the statue of St. John Sarkander
Waymark Code: WM13ADN
Location: Moravskoslezský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 10/25/2020
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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 gold color-coded from the rest of the text.
The year 1794 from the chronogram referring to erection of the statue.
The chronogram:
eXtoLLItVr serVLIsDeI bonVs Ioannes sarCanDer VeneranDVs patronVs
Saint Jan Sarkander (Czech and Polish: Jan Sarkander) (20 December 1576 – 17 March 1620) was a Polish-Czech Roman Catholic priest. Sarkander was married for a short period of time before he became widowed and pursued a path to the priesthood where he became active in the defense of the faith during a period of anti-Catholic sentiment and conflict. He himself was arrested on false accusations as a means of silencing him and he refused to give in to his tormenters who tortured him for around a month before he died.
Pope Pius IX beatified Sarkander at Saint Peter's Basilica in 1860 and Pope John Paul II canonized him as a saint in 1995 on his visit to the Czech Republic.
The general attributes of sculpture of St. John Sarkander: Loincloth, being tortured
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