St. Adalbert of Prague (Svatý Vojtech) - Nymburk, Czech Republic
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Sandstone statue of St Adalbert of Prague from 1858 at a road near eastern part of town Nymburk./ Pískovcová socha svatého Vojtecha z roku 1858 na východním okraji Nymburka.
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Location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 12/20/2016
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The sandstone statue of St. Adalbert of Prague (Svatý Vojtech) located at the road in Podebradska street in very eastern part of city Nymburk comes, according to Latin chronogram hidden in prayer engraved at rear part of the statue's pedestal, from 1858. It is thw work of Matej Beran. St Adalbert of Prague is here depicted standing endowed with the insignia of a bishop i.e. wearing the Mitre on his head and a Pectoral Cross on his chest. In his left hand he holds a crozier while the other one is raised up and blessing.
Adalbert of Prague (c. 956 – 23 April 997)
is known in Czech by his birth name Vojtech, was a Bohemian missionary and Christian saint. He was the Bishop of Prague and a missionary to the Hungarians, Poles, and Prussians, who was martyred in his efforts to convert the Baltic Prussians to Christianity. He was perceived to be the composer of Bogurodzica, the oldest known Polish hymn, but it is now unlikely to be true as he did not know the language. St. Adalbert (in Czech - Svatý Vojtech,in Polish - Swiety Wojciech) was later declared the patron saint of Bohemia, Poland, Hungary and the former polity of Prussia.
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