Hradiště nad Jizerou Monastery and the statue of St. Jan Nepomucký

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. This happened 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. The place of birth and subsequent baptism in the local church is clear,…