St. John of Nepomuk / Sv. Jan Nepomucký - Roudnice nad Labem (North Bohemia)
N 50° 25.417 E 014° 15.771
33U E 447636 N 5585992
Depicted Baroque statue of St. John of Nepomuk (Jan Nepomucký) on the top of a stone column is located at former Chateau Granary in town Roudnice nad Labem.
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Location: Ústecký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 04/01/2020
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Depicted Baroque statue of St. John of Nepomuk (Jan Nepomucký) on the top of a stone column is located at former Chateau Granary in town Roudnice nad Labem.
The column with the statue of the St. John was built in 1721 and recontructed in 1854 and 1905. The elaborate statue of the saint in a typical iconographic concept is built on a sandstone composite column with a high prismatic pedestal with a dedication inscription.
John of Nepomuk (1345–1393) is a national saint of the 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.
The statue of St. John of Nepomuk is often encountered in Central Europe, including the Czech Republic, Italy, Germany, Poland and Lithuania. He is usually portrayed with a halo of five stars, commemorating the stars that hovered over the Vltava River on the night of his murder. Other attributes useful to identify his pictures are: a priestly dress, the palm of martyrs, carrying a cross, an angel indicating silence by a finger over the lips. A statue of Saint John of Nepomuk has often been erected on bridges in many countries, such as on the Ponte Milvio in Rome.
[excerpted from Wikipedia]