Saint Prokopius - Velvary, Czechia
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N 50° 16.914 E 014° 14.149
33U E 445554 N 5570253
Statue of st. Prokopius on the soutwest corner of the Marian Column
Waymark Code: WM11XXV
Location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 01/07/2020
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Statue of st. Prokopius on the Marian Column from 1718 in Velvary.
Saint Procopius of Sázava (died March 25, 1053) was a Bohemian canon and hermit, canonized as a saint of the Roman Catholic church in 1204.
Little about his life is known with certainty. According to hagiographical tradition, he was born in 970, in a Central Bohemian village near Kourim. He studied in Prague and was ordained there. He was married and had a son, called Jimram (Emmeram), but later entered the Benedictine order, presumably at Brevnov Monastery, and eventually retired to the wilderness as a hermit, living in a cave on the banks of Sázava River, where over time he attracted a group of fellow hermits. The community of hermits was incorporated as a Benedictine monastery by the duke of Bohemia in 1032/3, now known as Sázava Monastery, or St Procopius Monastery, where he served as the first abbot for the span of twenty years until his death.
Associated Religion(s): Roman-catholic
Statue Location: Square of King Vladislav, Marian Column
Entrance Fee: free
Artist: František Tollinger, Matěj Tollinger
Website: [Web Link]
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