1722 - Statue of St. John of Nepomuk - Kovárov, Czech Republic
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Four chronograms on the pedestal of the statue of St. John of Nepomuk
Waymark Code: WM15F35
Location: Jihočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 12/24/2021
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The chronograms are located on the sandstone pedestal. The Roman numerals of chronogram are larger than the other letters and are not color-coded from the rest of the text. Some of the inscriptions are illegible.
The year 1722 from the chronogram referring to erection of the statue.
The chronograms:
sanCto IoannI nepoMVCeno DeVoVetVr // 1722
sVVatI gene nepoMVCCI oroDVg ... // 1722
s Ioanes nepoMVCene InterCe ...
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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Socha sv. Jana Nepomuckého se nachází uprostred obce Kovárov v SZ cásti návsi, v parcíku a tvorí významný urbanistický prvek v obci. Socha je situována v blízkosti kostele Všech Svatých a u tvrze cp. 25. Socha je orientována k východu. Socha sv. Jana Nep. stojí na kamenném podstavci se soklem, který je obklopen kamennou ctvercovou balustrádou.