See also:

• NEPOMUK (or Pollux), JOHN OF

NEPOMUK (or See also:

• POLLUX, JULIUS
• POLLUX, or POLLUCITE

Pollux), See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN OF  , the See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

saint of Bohemia . It is necessary to distinguish between the See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John of See also:

• NEPOMUK (or Pollux), JOHN OF

Nepomuk of See also:

• HISTORY

history and the legendary one . In 1393 a dispute arose between See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• WENCESLAUS (1361-1419)

Wenceslaus IV. of Bohemia and the See also:

• ARCH
• ARCH, JOSEPH (1826– )

arch-See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• PRAGUE (Ger. Prag; Bohemian Praha)

Prague, John of Jenzenstein . Wenceslaus, wishing to found a new bishopric in See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-western Bohemia, determined to seize the revenues of the See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

abbey of Kladrub as soon as the aged See also:

• ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
• ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
• ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
• ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
• ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)

abbot Racek should See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die . The See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop opposed this See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan, and by his orders his See also:

• VICAR (Lat. vicarius, substitute)

vicar-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, John of Pomuk—son of a See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German named Wolfel, a See also:

• CITIZEN (a form corrupted in Eng., apparently by analogy with " denizen," from O. Fr. citeain, mod. Fr. citoyen)

citizen of Pomuk—advised the monks to elect a new abbot immediately after Racek's See also:

• DEATH

death . This greatly incensed the king, who summoned the archbishop and some of his See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

clergy—among whom was Pomuk—to appear before him . He ordered them to be immediately arrested, and though the archbishop escaped his four companions—among them Pomuk—were seized and subjected to cruel See also:

• TORTURE (from Lat. torquere, to twist)

torture . They were ordered to abandon the archbishop . Three of them consented, but Pomuk, who refused to submit and was already on the point of death, was carried to the See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge of Prague and thrown into the Vltava . It is difficult to connect this See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical event with the See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend of St John of Nepomuk, who was canonized by the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome in 1729, mainly by the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of the See also:

• JESUITS

Jesuits, who hoped that this new cult would obliterate the memory of Hus . The See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian chronicler See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas Ebendorffer of Haselbach, who lived two generations later, first states that it was reported that King Wenceslaus had ordered that the See also:

• CONFESSOR

confessor of his See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen—an See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office that John of Pomuk never held—should be thrown into the Vltava because he would not reveal the See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret of See also:

• CONFESSION (Lat. confessio, from confiteor, acknowledge, confess)

confession . The See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story is afterwards told in greater detail by the untrustworthy Bohemian historian Wenceslaus Hajek .

It appears certain that the See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person canonized in 1729 was not the historical John of Pomuk or Nepomuk . See A . H . Wratislaw, See also:

• LIFE

Life, Legend and See also:

• CANONIZATION

Canonization of St John Nepomuk (1873), a valuable See also:

• WORK

work founded on the best Bohemian authorities; also A . Frind, Der geschichtliche Heilige Johann von Nepomuk (1861); O . See also:

• ABEL (better ABELL), THOMAS (d. 1540)
• ABEL (Hebrew for breath)
• ABEL, KARL FRIEDRICH (1725-1787)
• ABEL, NIELS HENRIK (1802-1829)
• ABEL, SIR FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, BART

Abel, Die Legende vom heiligen Johann von Nepomuk (1855); and particularly vol. iii. of W . W . Tomek's History of the See also:

• TOWN

Town of Prague (See also:

• CZECH (in Bohemian, Cech)

Czech) (12 vols., Prague, 1855-1901) .