1739 - Statue of St. John of Nepomuk - Dub nad Moravou, Czech Republic
Posted by: 
ToRo61
N 49° 28.972 E 017° 16.719
33U E 665042 N 5483631
Two chronograms on the pedestal of the statue of St. John of Nepomuk
Waymark Code: WM13BJ6
Location: Olomoucký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 11/01/2020
Views: 10
The chronograms are 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 year 1739 from the chronograms referring to erection of the statue.
The chronograms:
sI(n)gVLarI nostro tVteLa rI DIVo IoannI nepoMoCeno honorIs serVat orI ereXIt // 1739
otto CoMes ab egkh praposItVs et sVferaganeVs DVbbensesqVe benefaCtor est IbI pro perpetVo obseg qVIo // 1739
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.
Source and more information: (
visit link)
=========================================================
Ústrední sochu umístenou na podstavci s reliéfem svetcova umucení doplnují svatí Josef, Otta, František z Pauly, Antonín Paduánský, Jan z Boha a Otylie. Donátora sousoší jmenuje latinský nápis: „Zvláštnímu našemu ochránci sv. Janu Nepomuckému, ochránci cti, dal postavit Otto hrabe Egkh, probošt a svetící biskup a dubští dobrodinci na vecnou památku svetce“. Jde o dílo sochare Jirího Antonína Heinze.