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Sochy svatých na Kostel Svatého Jana Křtitele

Saint's statues on the St. John the Baptist Church

Widow Adolf Loos
1910

Náměšť nad Oslavou / Sochy svatých na Kostel Svatého Jana Křtitele

Description

Five statues in niches in the front façade of the St. John the Baptist Church.

Top row:

Svatý Metoděj - (Old Church Slavonic: Меѳодїи), 9th century, with his brother Cyril missionaries among the Slavic peoples; credited with devising the 'Cyrillic' alphabet (Wikipedia).
Nejsvětější Srdce Ježíšovo - Sacred Heart of Christus
Svatý Cyril - (Old Church Slavonic: Кѷриллъ) (9th century), with his brother Methodius missionaries among the Slavic peoples; credited with devising the 'Cyrillic' alphabet (Wikipedia).

Bottom row:

Svatý Jindřich II - (972 - 1024), Holy Roman Emperor, 1014-1024, King of the Germans in 1002 and King of Italy in 1004. He is the only King of Germany to have ever been canonized (Wikipedia).
Svatý Augustin - (354 - 430), Bishop of Hippo Regius (present-day Annaba, Algeria), philosopher and theologian; his writings were very influential in the development of Western Christianity (Wikipedia).

Annotation

The five statues are bought in 1910 from the Brno firm of Loos.

Sculptor

Adolf Loos (1831-1879), stonemason of Brno. After his death his firm was continued by his widow Marie Loos.

Location (N 49°12'26" - E 16°9'29")

Item Code: czvy044; Photograph: 4 September 2012
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