1746 - Statue of St. John of Nepomuk - Dašice, Czech Republic
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Two chronograms on the pedestal of the statue of St. John of Nepomuk
Waymark Code: WM13KK0
Location: Pardubický kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 01/01/2021
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The chronogram is located on the sandstone pedestal. The Roman numerals of chronogram are larger than the other letters and are red color-coded from the rest of the text.
The year 1746 from the chronogram referring to erection of the statue.
The chronograms:
osVVatI Iene nepoMVkV obran pod[b?]oznI CtIteLe tVVI oD hanbI hLVkV // 1746
sVVatI Iene nepoMVCkI zastan VsaVzenI kragane tVVI preD neprzateLskaV zLostI // 1746
Saint John of Nepomuk (or John Nepomucene) [Czech: Jan Nepomucký; German: Johannes Nepomuk; Latin: Ioannes (or Ioannis) Nepomucenus (c. 1345 – March 20, 1393) is the saint of Bohemia (Czech Republic), who was drowned in the Vltava river at the behest of Wenceslaus, King of the Romans and King of Bohemia. Later accounts state that he was the confessor of the queen of Bohemia and he refused to divulge the secrets of the confessional. On the basis of this account, John of Nepomuk is considered the first martyr of the Seal of the Confessional, a patron against calumnies and, because of the manner of his death, a protector from floods and drowning.
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Pred mlýnem socha sv. Jana Nepomuckého - na podstavci opreném volutami s peticípou hvezdou. V obvyklém odevu, v pravici drží na boku kvadrátek, v levici pozdvihá stuhu. Na podstavci nápis se jménem donátora Jana Prokeše a datum 1746.