St. Jude Thaddeus / Sv. Juda Tadeáš - Jicín (East Bohemia)
N 50° 25.952 E 015° 20.867
33U E 524700 N 5586781
Depicted late-Baroque sandstone statue of St. Jude Thaddeus (Sv. Juda Tadeáš) decorates public space at cemetery and hospital Church of Our Lady of Sorrows (Kostel Panny Marie Bolestné) in the New Town of Jicín (Nové Mesto).
Waymark Code: WM12GPK
Location: Královéhradecký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 05/25/2020
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Depicted late-Baroque sandstone statue of St. Jude Thaddeus (Sv. Juda Tadeáš) decorates public space at cemetery and hospital Church of Our Lady of Sorrows (Kostel Panny Marie Bolestné) in the New Town of Jicín (Nové Mesto).
The sandstone almost life-size statue, created by an unknown sculptor before 1820, originally stood on a bridge over the river Cidlina. It was relocated to its current location near the church in 1905.
According to the Bible, St. Jude Thaddeus (also Jude, Jude of James, Jude Thaddaeus, Judas Thaddaeus or Lebbaeus) was a distant relative and one of the twelve disciples of Jesus Christ. He gospeled in Arabia, Syria and Persia, where he was captured by pagan priests around the year of 80, tortured and finally killed with arrows (in some other versions, with the club, pole-axe or spear that became his attributes). He is venerated as a protector in difficult and insolvable situations.