RELIQUARY, RELIC OF SAINT JOHN NEPOMUCENE

Rare reliquary in silvered bronze with a glass front, containing the relic of first class Ex Ossibus of Saint John Nepomucene (John Nepomucene / Ioannes Nepomucenus) . The relic is fixed on a fabric background decorated with gold threads and colored stones and is identified in Latin on a handwritten label as S.Joannis Nep.

Good used condition with its original glass.

Detached ecclesiastical stamp..

PERIOD : 18th
SIZE : 5cm X 3.5cm X 1.5cm
SIZE : 2" X 1.4" X 0.6"

Saint John Nepomucene is a Catholic saint born in Bohemia around 1340 and died in 1393. He was a priest and archdeacon of Prague, known for his devotion to the poor and the sick. He became famous for refusing to divulge the confessions of the Queen of Bohemia to her husband, King Wenceslas IV. In retaliation, the king had him tortured and thrown into the Vltava River, where he drowned. Saint John Nepomucene is venerated as the patron saint of bridges, confessors and protectors against slander.