Jan Sarkander - Jaromerice nad Rokytnou, Czech Republic
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The statue of St. John Sarkander - the protector of the Seal of Confession
Waymark Code: WM12M2D
Location: Kraj Vysočina, Czechia
Date Posted: 06/13/2020
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Saint Jan Sarkander (Czech and Polish: Jan Sarkander) (20 December 1576 – 17
March 1620) was a Polish-Czech Roman Catholic priest. Sarkander was married for a short period of time before he became widowed and pursued a path to the priesthood where he became active in the defense of the faith during a period of anti-Catholic sentiment and conflict. He himself was arrested on false accusations as a means of silencing him and he refused to give in to his tormenters who tortured him for around a month before he died.
Pope Pius IX beatified Sarkander at Saint Peter's Basilica in 1860 and Pope John Paul II canonized him as a saint in 1995 on his visit to the Czech Republic.
The general attributes of sculpture of St. John Sarkander: Loincloth, being tortured
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Svatý Jan Sarkander (20. prosince 1576 Skocov – 17. brezna 1620 Olomouc) byl slezský katolický knez, pusobící v desetiletí pred tricetiletou válkou a na jejím pocátku jako farár na Morave, predevším v Holešove. Behem ceského stavovského povstání byl moravskými evangelickými stavy obžalován ze zemezrady, když prý povolal rádící soldatesku polských kozáku a tajne se paktoval s císarem Ferdinandem II. proti stavum. Interpretace jeho pusobení je dodnes kontroverzním tématem a to predevším v rámci ekumenického dialogu mezi ceskými katolíky a protestanty.
Obecné atributy vyobrazení sv.Jana Sarkandera: mucidla, kat, bederní rouška