St. Procopius of Sázava / Sv. Prokop - Kutná Hora (Central Bohemia) - Statues of Religious Figures on Waymarking.com

Depicted Baroque statue of St. Procopius of Sázava (Sv. Prokop) decorates gable of the house N° 49 in Národního odboje Sqare in Kutná Hora historic centre.

House N° 49 is isolated structure with a late-Baroque facade and a mansard roof, situated on the street line, a part of the southern front of an important square in the historic city center. In the axis above the gable is a niche with a Baroque statue of St. Procopius. The Early Baroque building was built above Gothic cellars in 1666 and rebuilt after 1746.

Saint Procopius of Sázava (died March 25, 1053) was a Bohemian canon and hermit, canonized as a saint of the 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. He was canonized in 1204, however there is still much debate on how his canonization was performed. It is stated that Pope Innocent III canonized him in 1204 or that during a liturgical elevation and translation of his body to the altar in Sázava his canonization took place. This was at that time the equivalent to canonization. Numerous churches in Bohemia are dedicated to him, and many Baroque-era statues and paintings of the saint are extant. Among these is the early 18th century Procopius statue on Charles Bridge by Ferdinand Brokoff. [wiki]