1709 - Statue pedestal - Prague, Czech Republic
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A chronogram on the pedestal of St. John of Nepomuk beside the Church of St. Henry and St. Kunhut [CZ: Kostel svatého Jindricha a svaté Kunhuty]
Waymark Code: WMYX7R
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 08/05/2018
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Saint John of Nepomuk (or John Nepomucene) (Czech: Jan Nepomucký; German: Johannes Nepomuk; Latin: Ioannes 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 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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Full inscription: GLORIOSO FAMAE PATRONO PRAGENSI CANONICO SANCTO IOANNI ECCLESIASTICA PIETAS PONIT DIE XIII JULII
CZ: Slavnému povesti ochránci, pražskému kanovníkovi, svatému Janovi církevní zbožnost staví dne 13. cervence
A chronogram: gLorIoso faMae patrono pragensI CanonICo sanCto IoannI eCCLesIastICa pIetas ponIt