1719 - Statuary of St. John of Nepomuk - Most, Czech Republic
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A four chronograms on the pedestal of the statuary of St. John of Nepomuk
Waymark Code: WM153AM
Location: Ústecký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 10/07/2021
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The chronograms are located on the sandstone pedestal. The Roman numerals of chronogram are larger than the other letters and are not color-coded from the rest of the text.
The sculptural consists of statues of St. Donatus, St. Wenceslas and a statue of St. John of Nepomuk at the top of the column. The sculpture was made in 1717-19 by Jan Adam Dietze.
The sculpture originally stood in the old Most on General Svoboda Square (II. námestí); before the town was demolished as part of coal mining, it was removed and first moved to the Church of St. George in Ceské Zlatníky (MO), and later to the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Most.
The year 1719 from the chronogram referring to erection of the statue.
The chronogram:
DIVo IoannI pIetatIs De CorI aC fIDeI propVgnatorI // 1719
ss aDaLberto & WenCesLao regnI boheMIae patronIs honorI perpetVo // 1719
a MIChaeLe LaVbe zIIto paeo DeVotestae Va posIta // 1719
athLetae generoso proDIgIIs VbIqVe terrarVM CLaro // 1719
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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Sloup pochází ze zboreného starého Mostu. Tuto nárocne provedenou velmi kvalitní skulpturu zhotovil v letech 1717-19 Jan Adam Dietze. Sochy sv. Václava a sv. Vojtecha na soklu i horní socha sv. Jana Nepomuckého jsou v propracovaném dynamickém pojetí.
Skulptura puvodne stála ve starém Moste na námestí generála Svobody (II. námestí); pred zborením mesta v rámci težby uhlí byla vyjmuta a nejprve premístena ke kostelu sv. Jirí v Ceských Zlatníkách (MO), pozdeji pak ke kostelu Nanebevzetí P. Marie v Moste.