John of Nepomuk
Saint
John of Nepomuk
was a saint of Bohemia who was drowned in the Vltava river at the behest of King 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... Wikipedia
Born: 1345, Nepomuk, Czechia
Died: March 20, 1393 (age 48 years), Prague, Czechia
Place of burial: St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague, Czechia
Full name: Saint John of Nepomuk
Parents: Welflin
Attributes: halo with five stars, cross, bridge, angel indicating silence by a finger over the lips, priest's biretta
Canonized: 19 March 1729, Rome by Pope Benedict XIII
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