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Sochy svatých na kostel Svatého Jana Nepomuckého

Saint statues at the Church of Saint John of Nepomuk

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Praha / Sochy svatých na kostel Svatého Jana Nepomuckého

Description

Four statues at the front façade of the church.

at the top: Sv. Jan Nepomucký / St. John of Nepomuk, flanked by two angels, one indicating silence by a finger over the lips and the other with a shield with the text divo / s. ioanni / nepom.
(Nepomuk c. 1345 - Praha 1393), confessor of the queen of Bohemia, refused to divulge the secrets of the confessional. At the behest of King Wenceslaus of Bohemia he was thrown from the Charles Bridge in Prague and drowned. John of Nepomuk is patron saint of bridges (Wikipedia)
bottom left: Sv. Josef s Ježíšem / St. Joseph with Jesus
the husband of the Virgin Mary and the earthly father of Jesus Christ (in distinction to God, his "heavenly father") (Wikipedia).
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Sv. Jan Nepomucký
St. John of Nepomuk

Sv. Josef s Ježíšem
St. Joseph with Jesus

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Annotation

The Military Church of St. John of Nepomuk was formerly part of an Ursuline Convent, and the first sacral project by Kilián Ignác Dienzenhofer. The church was finished in 1728 and, after canonization of John of Nepomuk, the Church was consecrated in 1729.

Sources & Information

Saxa Loquuntur, Sv. Jan Nepomucký: Svatojánské sochy v ceských a moravských krajských mestech.

Locatie (N 50°5'25" - E 14°23'36") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: czpr044; Photograph: 18 February 2011
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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