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Saint Mary's Column

The mother of Jesus Christ
(Wikipedia)

Wolf Weißenkirchner the younger
1681-1870

Description

Marian column built in 1938 by the architect Jože Plečnik, using the statue of St. Mary from 1681, sculpted by Wolf Weissenkirchner, and four saints' statues of zinc from c. 1870, made by the factory of Mayer in München. The 1681 column was to commemorate the Habsburg victory against the Ottoman Turks in the Battle of Saint Gotthard.


Sv. Miklavž / St. Nicholas (4th century), Bishop of Myra (Wikipedia).	Sv. Janez Krstnik / St. John the Baptist (c. 6 BC- c. 36 AD), itinerant preacher and a major religious figure who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River. He baptized Jesus at "Bethany beyond the Jordan." (Wikipedia).	Sv. Jacob / St. James the Greater (d. 44), one of the Twelve Apostles. Patron saint of pilgrims, soldiers and cavalrymen. Depicted holding a pilgrim's staff decorated with a scallop shell. His remains are in Santiago de Compostela in Galicia (Spain) (Wikipedia).	Sv. Peter / St. Peter (possibly died AD 67), apostle, first pope; patron saint of locksmiths and confessors. Usually holding the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven in his hand (Wikipedia)

Inscription(s)

DeI MatrI VIrgInI statVs
CarnIoLIæ pos. eX Voto
VIrgInI sIne Labe ConCeptæ
DeDIta VoVere CorDa

tretjič postavila mestna
občina ljvbljanska
leta 1938

(chronogram: first two lines: 1681
3rd and 4th line: 1870
Translation of the last lines:
For the third time placed by the
City Municipality of Ljubljana, 1938

Signature

On the column: alojzij vodnik kamnosek (Alojzij Vodnik, stonecutter)

Sculptor

Wolf Weißenkirchner the younger (1639-1703), Austrian sculptor (Austria-Forum

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Levstikov trg, Ljubljana.
Eva Božič, Kužno znamenje v Mariboru Graduate thesis, 2015 (download here).
Digitalne vsebine kulturne dediščine Slovenije, entry 9642.
Wikipedia, Župnijska cerkev sv. Jakoba, Ljubljana.

Locatie (N 46°2'45" - E 14°30'25") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: si106; Photograph: 10 September 2016
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