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Svatý Jan Křtitel

Saint John the Baptist

c. 6 BC- c. 36 AD
itinerant preacher and a major religious figure who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River. He baptized Jesus at "Bethany beyond the Jordan."
(Wikipedia)

18th century sculptor
18th century

Description

Statue of St. John the Baptist with a cross and a sheep, dating from the first third of the 18th century. On the plinth is a relief depicting the Meeting of St Ivan the Hermit (Sv. Ivan poustevník), Wikipedia) and St. John the Baptist. According to legend, Ivan lived as a hermit in a cave near what is now Svatý Jan pod Skalou. When he was tormented by demons and decided to leave the cave, Saint John the Baptist appeared to him. John gave him a wooden cross, with which Ivan then drove the demons out of his cave.

Meeting of St. Ivan the Hermit and St. John the Baptist

Artist

18th century sculptor

Sources & Information

Památkový katalog, schodiště se zdí a sochou sv. Jana Křtitele.
Ondřej Seifert & Naděžda Mottlová, Kutnohorské sochy světců. Kutná Hora, 2014 (PDF online, archived).

Location (N 49°56'52" - E 15°16'14") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: czsc041; Photograph: 9 July 2026
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