1739 - Statue of St. John of Nepomuk & St. Anthony of Padua - Obrnice, Czech Republic
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Two chronograms on the pedestal of the sculpture of St. John of Nepomuk and St. Anthony of Padua
Waymark Code: WM153AX
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 year 1739 from the chronograms referring to erection of the sculpture .
The chronograms:
s. IoannI patrono sVoDICaVIt thoMashInka In XIVVILLIs // 1739
sVsCIpe s. antonI qVoD tVohonorI abhInka eXstrVCtVM est // 1739
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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St. Anthony of Padua was born in the end of the 12th century in a wealthy family of Lisbon, but devoted his life to church. As a young man, he left for a missionary journey to Morocco, Africa, but he was stricken down by a severe illness and was compelled to sail back. The stormy sea drove his ship to the Sicily Island from where Anthony journeyed to Assisi where he became a member of the Order of Grey Friars.
Even some alleged miracles are connected to his person; the best known legend speaks about Anthony's sermon on a Rimini beach where even fish put their heads out of water to hear the preacher's words.
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