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Statue of Saint John of Nepomuk in Pleystein
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Statue of Saint John of Nepomuk in Pleystein
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Statue of Saint John of Nepomuk in Pleystein
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Ragnar Gunnerson
September 17, 2020
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The veneration of St. John Nepomuk was widespread around the middle of the 18th century. It was reflected in the many statues of the bridge saint, almost all of which were made in the Baroque period. The Pleysteiner "Johannes" was donated by the caretaker Christian Ludwig von Schepper in 1731. The cemetery chapel, built in 1750, was also consecrated to M. Joh. Nep
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May 15, 2022
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Saint John of Nepomuk was a priest (archbishop's vicar general) in Bohemia who was martyred in Prague in 1393. He was thrown into the Vltava from Prague's Charles Bridge by …
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