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The sarcophagus of St. John of Nepomuk inside the St. Vitus Cathedral is a 1721 Baroque monument cast in silver designed by Fischer von Erlach.
Like his statue on the Charles Bridge, he is portrayed with a halo of five stars.
The traditional legend that he was the queen’s confessor was declared unfound by the Vatican on 1961.
His canonization was a move by the Jesuit as a Counter-Reformation ploy to elevate him as a national religious hero over Protestant forerunner Jan Hus, who was burn at the stake as a heretic in 1415. Hus’ monument is in the center of Old Town Square.
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Date/Time | 21-Jul-2007 15:21:08 |
Make | Canon |
Model | Canon EOS 20D |
Flash Used | No |
Focal Length | 17 mm |
Exposure Time | 1/5 sec |
Aperture | f/4 |
ISO Equivalent | 800 |
Exposure Bias | 0.33 |
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Metering Mode | matrix (5) |
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