John Of Nepomuk
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 631 years ago |
Born | Nepomuk |
Czechia | |
Date of died | March 20,1393 |
Died | Prague |
Czechia | |
Full name | Saint John of Nepomuk |
Feast | 16 May |
Place of burial | St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague, Czechia |
Parents | Welflin |
Canon | 19 March 1729, Rome, Papal States by Pope Benedict XIII |
Attribut | halo with five stars, cross, bridge, angel indicating silence by a finger over the lips, priest's biretta |
Date of birth | January 1,1345 |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 568889 |
John Of Nepomuk Life story
John of Nepomuk was the saint of Bohemia who was drowned in the Vltava river at the behest of Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia. Later accounts state that he was the confessor of the queen of Bohemia and refused to divulge the secrets of the confessional.