Chotoviny – baroque statue of St. John of Nepomuk

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 small town in western Bohemia, which at the time belonged to a Cistercian monastery. Place of birth and subsequent baptism in…