Český Krumlov and Jan Nepomucký on the Lazebnické bridge

St. Jan Nepomucký was the general vicar of the Prague archbishop, a martyr of the Catholic Church and also one of the Czech provincial patrons. The exact date of his birth is not known, but his death is. It happened exactly 623 years ago, on March 20, 1393. He came from the village of Pomuk, today's Nepomuk, a town in western Bohemia, which at that time belonged to a Cistercian monastery. Place of birth and subsequent baptism in…