Pietà (Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus) - Žlunice, Czech Republic - Statues of Religious Figures on Waymarking.com

Pietà is one of the three common artistic representations of a sorrowful Virgin Mary depicting the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus, most often found in sculpture. The Baroque statuary of Pietà is located near center of village Knežice in Jicín region. According to a date engraved at very low part of the statuary it comes from 1749. The statuary was moved here from another place in 1791 as engraved on newer pedestal.

Mary and Jesus: According to religious tradition, Mary (Aramaic: Maryam; 1st century BC – early 1st century AD) was an Israelite Jewish[1] woman of Nazareth in Galilee and the mother of Jesus. Among her many other names and titles are the Saint Mary or Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, and Virgin Mary in Western churches, Theotokos in Orthodox Christianity, and Maryam, mother of Isa in Islam. She is identified in the New Testament[Mt 1:16,18-25][Lk 1:26-56][2:1-7][2] and in the Qur'an as the mother of Jesus through divine intervention. Christians hold her son Jesus to be Christ (i.e., the messiah) and God the Son Incarnate (see Trinitarian monotheism), whereas Muslims regard Jesus as the messiah and one of the most important prophets of God sent to mankind.

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Associated Religion(s): Catholic, Islam Statue Location: near the center of the village, just at the road to St Peter and Paul Church Entrance Fee: free Artist: Not listed Website: Not listed

Visit Instructions:
Take a picture of the statue. A waymarker and/or GPSr is not required to be in the image but it doesn't hurt.

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Date Logged Log   05/31/2020 ToRo61 visited it