1730 - Statue of St. John of Nepomuk - Pribor, Czech Republic
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Two chronograms on the pedestal of the statue of St. John of Nepomuk
Waymark Code: WM17VE2
Location: Moravskoslezský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 04/07/2023
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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.
The year 1730 from the chronogram referring to erection of the statue.
The chronograms:
faMae tVtorI ConstrVXIt DebIta CIVIs // 1730
aDaMVs etzeL atqVe ConIVX theresIa etzeLIn prIborIenses // 1730
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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Barokní pískovcová socha sv. Jana Nepomuckého v obvyklém ikonografickém, pojetí zhotovená v r. 1730 patrne socharem olomouckého okruhu. V r. 1994 byl originál sochy uložen v Príbore ve filiálním kostele sv. Kríže a na puvodní sokl byla umístena kopie.