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Svatý Vojtĕch a Svatý Jan Nepomucký

Saint Adalbert and Saint John of Nepomuk

18th century sculptor & 17th century sculptor
late 17th cent. & c. 1740

Praha / Svatý Vojtĕch a Svatý Jan Nepomucký

Description

Two saints' statue at the Saint Adalbert-church. Above the entrance stands Saint Adalbert, en in a niche to the right St. John of Nepomuk.

Praha - vatý Vojtĕch a Svatý Jan Nepomucký
Svatý Vojtĕch / Saint Adalbert
(c. 956 - 997), bishop of Prague and a missionary, was martyred in his efforts to convert the Baltic Prussians. Patron saint of Bohemia, Poland, Hungary and Prussia (Wikipedia).
Dating from the late 17th century Praha - vatý Vojtĕch a Svatý Jan Nepomucký
Sv. Jan Nepomucký - St. John of Nepomuk
(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)
Dating from c. 1740.

Artists

17th century sculptor.
18th century sculptor

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Kostel svatého Vojtěcha (Nové Město).

Location (N 50°4'42" - E 14°24'54") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: czpr149; Photograph: 10 July 2026
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