John of Nepomuk (1340–1393)

Born 1340 CE, died 1393 CE.

John of Nepomuk, also called John Nepomucene (Czech: Jan Nepomucký; German: Johannes Nepomuk; Latin: Ioannes Nepomucenus; c. 1345 – 20 March 1393), was a Bohemian clergyman. Due to his loyalty to Archbishop Jan of Jenštejn in a dispute with the Bohemian crown, he was executed by King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia by being thrown into the Vltava. In the decades following his death, a cult grew around John's life and death based on fabulous hagiographies and alleged miraculous healings. He was canonized in 1729, and is considered a martyr of the Seal of the Confessional. He is also a patron against calumnies and a protector from floods and drowning.

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