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Trojičný a morový stĺp - Szentháromság és Pestis szobor

Trinity and Plague column

(Wikipedia)

1715

Komárno - Komárom / Trojičný a morový stĺp - Szentháromság és Pestis szobor

Description

Square column surmounted by a sculpture group showing God the Father (old man orb and sceptre), the Son (holding a cross in his left hand) and the Holy Ghost (a dove in the center of a radiating sun). Father and Son are crowning Saint Mary ad Queen of Heaven. The column stands on a square base with five statues, four on the corners statues - all looking to the front, and one lying before the front face, below each statue is a latin hexameter and chronogram for 1715:

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Svätý Anton Padovský / Saint Anthony of Padua, with the Child Jesus.
qVID gerIs antonI VItam faCprÃ¦LIa Letho
born Fernando Martins de Bulhões, (Lisbon c. 1195 - Padua 1231), priest and friar of the Franciscan Order, known for his preaching and expert knowledge of scripture (Wikipedia).
Svätý Šebestián / Saint Sebastian, tied to a tree and shot by arrows.
pesteMteLafVgant LaVDator apoLLo sebastVs
(died c. 288), martyr, killed during the Roman emperor Diocletian's persecution of Christians (Wikipedia).
Svätá Rozália / Saint Rosalia, lying between Sebastian and Roch.
DIspos..e CaroLVs stItItato VerosaLIa pesteM
(1130-1166), also called La Santuzza or "The Little Saint", revered as a protector against infectious diseases (Wikipedia).
Svätý Rochus / Saint Roch, in pilgrim's outfit with staff and dog, and showing his tigh.
HIC proprIIs DeMetnos.r a tIaV VLnera oLagIs
(14th century), saint from Montpellier, he is specially invoked against the plague. (Wikipedia).
Svätý Karol Boromejský / Saint Charles Borromeo, a young priest.
Iste tIbI retra..It De ...aC Corpore VIrVs
(Italian: Carlo Borromeo) (1538 - 1584), cardinal, worked during the Counter-Reformation and was responsible for significant reforms in the Catholic Church (Wikipedia).

On the front face a relief of a kneeling priest, with above the date : Ao 17 D 15 Julij 15

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Inscription(s)

Anno MDCCIII Seditosos Timeba musInimicos In Hoc Amicos quod Mala Minitantes Bona Facere Nos Docuerunt Ne noc eantarma Hominum Ope Dei Nos Armavimus SanctissimÃ¦ Trinitati Hanc sTatuam Voto Recepimus Ut ..otectionem Abea Reciperemus Acceptavit religionem et infestis armis Hunc Locum Non Dedit sVCCVs sanDVM	Verum anno MDCCXXI nos ad huc debitores Creditor deus pestilente Morbo ad sana Consiliare Vocavit Rursum nos Afflicta statuum Trias pro Avertenda Mortalitate Ad immortalem Trinitatem Confugi intercessores Nobis potentiores elegimus Ac ne quem Ex Dilatione Contra hamus reatum Voti Reos Nos Confirmavimus quod Debitum Hodie Deo pesol vimus quem Semper Expertisumus promptum ad sVCCVr renDVM
Last lines are chronograms for 1715

Annotation

The column was erected in memory of the plague epidemy from the year 1710-11 and the end of the war.

Sources & Information

Köztérkép.

Locatie (N 47°45'26" - E 18°7'43") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: skni022; Photograph: 6 September 2012
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