1722 - Statue of St. John of Nepomuk - Belá pod Bezdezem, Czech Republic
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A chronogram on the pedestal of the statue of St. John of Nepomuk
Waymark Code: WM17W5A
Location: Liberecký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 04/11/2023
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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 not color-coded from the rest of the text.
The year 1722 from the chronogram referring to erection of the statue.
The chronogram:
honorI Ioannaeo CLIens obtVLIt InfIMVs VotIre Vs: VVenCesLaVs VItVs IgnatI Vs CIpL CVra tVs bIeLae
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 socha je umístená mezi kostelem a farou. Samotná socha sv. Jana Nepomuckého je usazena na samostatném soklíku kubického tvaru. Figura svetce je esovite prohnutá ve výrazném kontrapostním postoji, váha tela spocívá na svetcove pravé noze, levou má pokrcenou v koleni. Sv. Jan Nepomucký je oden v tradicní odev, splývající v dramaticky zrasené drapérii. Nepokrytá hlava, sklánející se k pravému rameni, je orámována svatozárí s hvezdami, pohled svetce je upren k nebi. V pravé zdvižené ruce trímá zlacený krížek, levá ruka je spuštena podél tela a drží biret.