St. John of Nepomuk.
St. John of Nepomuk, patron of Bohemia, was born at Nepoinuk between 1340-50. Having become priest, he refused three bishoprics and accepted only a Canonicate of Prague. Refusing to reveal to King Wenceslaus the secret of confession of Queen Joane, his wife, whose fidelity the King suspected, he was thrown into prison, then drowned in the Moldau, March 20, 1393. He was canonised by Pope Benedict XIII. in 1729
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 20, 14 May 1903, Page 31
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73St. John of Nepomuk. New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 20, 14 May 1903, Page 31
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