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Sankt Johannes von Nepomuk

Saint John of Nepomuk

Nepomuk c. 1345 - Praha 1393
confessor of the queen of Bohemia, refused to divulge the secrets of the confessional. At the behest of King Wenceslaus of Bohemia he was thrown from the Charles Bridge in Prague and drowned. John of Nepomuk is patron saint of bridges
(Wikipedia)
Attributed to
Matthias Seybold
c. 1730

Eichstätt /  Sankt Johannes von Nepomuk   Eichstätt /  Sankt Johannes von Nepomuk

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Stone statue of St. John of Nepomuk with the cross on a thin late-Gothic column.

Eichstätt - Sankt Johannes von Nepomuk

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Locatie (N 48°53'56" - E 11°9'57") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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