Johannes von Pomuk, Heiliger#
Johannes von Nepomuk, Saint, feast day May 16, b. Nepomuk, Czech Republic (then Pomuk) around 1350, d. Prague (Czech Republic), March 20, 1393. As Archiepiscopal Notary and Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Prague he defended the rights of the Church and thus drew upon himself the hatred of King Wenceslas IV, who ordered him tortured and drowned in the river Vltava. His statue on Charles´ Bridge in Prague has often been copied and is found on many bridges elsewhere, also in Austria. 2nd patron of the diocese of Salzburg.
Literature#
C. Dahm, J. v. N., in: T. Bautz (ed.), F. W. Bautz, Biographisch-bibliograph. Kirchenlexikon, vol. 3, 1992; N. Moeller (ed.), J. v. Nepomuk. Mitpatron des Landes Tirol, 1995.