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Svätý Michal a Svätý Ján Nepomucký

Saints Michael and John of Nepomuk

1898

Bratislava / Svätý Michal a Svätý Ján Nepomucký

Description

Two statues on the bridge in front of Saint Michael's gate.

the Archangel, the field commander of the Army of God. He is often depicted slaying Satan represented as a dragon, and with a shield with text quis ut deus (Who is like God?, a literal translation of the name Michael). (Wikipedia).
On his shield the coat of arms of Bratislava.
(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)

Inscription(s)

umiestnil
bratislavský
okrašlovac
spolok
roku
1898

Erected
by the Bratislava
Beautification
Association
in the year
1898

Locatie (N 48°8'44" - E 17°6'25") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: skbr019; Photograph: 5 September 2012
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