St. Francis Seraphicus aka St Francis of Assisi (Sv František z Assisi) - Lucany nad Nisou, Czech Republic - Statues of Religious Figures on Waymarking.com

The Baroque sandstone column with a statue of St Francis of Assisi was commissioned in 1765 by Franz Feix at a sculptor Jan Chládek from Turnov. The statue was stolen in 2004 and sold to Austria, where it was discovered by a police in 2009. From 2011 it has been located on the original place again. The statue is located at the crossroad in a small part of village Lucany nad Nisou called Freischütz. It is one of the most valuable monuments of rustic Baroque sculpture in the region. On the richly decorated Baroque column there is the polychrome statue of St. Francis in the monks robe with a skull in his hand. The statue is registered as the cultural monuments of the Czech Republic - cataloque number 1000132047.

Biography

St. Francis of Assisi (or also St. Francis Seraphicus; Italian: San Francesco d'Assisi; born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, but nicknamed Francesco ("the Frenchman") by his father; 1181/1182 – October 3, 1226)was an Italian Catholic friar and preacher. He founded the men's Order of Friars Minor, the women’s Order of St. Clare, and the Third Order of Saint Francis for men and women not able to live the lives of itinerant preachers, followed by the early members of the Order of Friars Minor, or the monastic lives of the Poor Clares. Francis is one of the most venerated religious figures in history. [wiki]

Associated Religion(s): Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, Lutheran Church Statue Location: at the crossroad in a small part of village Lučany nad Nisou called Freischütz Entrance Fee: free Artist: Jan Chládek starší Website: [Web Link]

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