St. Florian / Sv. Florián - House N° 142 in Husova street (Kutná Hora, Central Bohemia) - Statues of Religious Figures on Waymarking.com

Depicted Baroque statue of St. Florian (Sv. Florián) decorates gable of the narrow street facade of house N° 142 in Husova street in Kutná Hora historic centre.

The core of the house is probably from the 15th century, later it was rebuilt in the Renaissance style and finally gained its present Baroque face in the third quarter of the 18th century. The house is a one-storey structure on a narrow Gothic plot, mostly situated behind adjacent house N° 141. The street facade is Baroque with a preserved Gothic profiled stone portal of the passage, topped with a decorated gable with a Baroque statue of St. Florian.

Saint Florian (Latin: Florianus; civil name: Florian von Lorch; died ca. 304) is a Christian saint, and the patron saint of Linz, Austria; chimney sweeps; soapmakers, and firefighters. His feast day is May 4. St. Florian is also the patron of Upper Austria, jointly with Saint Leopold. Saint Florian was very widely venerated in Central Europe. The Austrian town of Sankt Florian is named after him. According to legend, his body was interred at St. Florian's Priory, around which the town grew up. His body, recovered and was eventually removed to the Augustinian Abbey of St. Florian, near Linz. Saint Florian was adopted as patron saint of Poland in 1184, when Pope Lucius III consented to the request of King Casimir II to send relics of Florian to that country. Kraków thus claims some of his relics. [wiki]