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Saint John of Nepomuk , d. 1393, patron saint of Bohemia, a martyr. He is also called John Nepomucen. He was vicar general of Bohemia under King Wenceslaus IV (later Holy Roman Emperor Wenceslaus). When the king wished uncanonically to convert an abbey into a cathedral, St. John opposed him, in spite of torture. The king had him drowned in the Moldau. An earlier story, since disproved, attributes his drowning to his refusal to disclose the confessional secrets of the queen. Feast: May 16.

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John of Nepomuk, St (c.1340–93), Bohemian martyr. As Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Prague, he resisted the attempts of King Wenceslas IV to suppress an abbey. By the King's order he was drowned in the Vltava (Moldau), but his recovered body became the centre of a cult during the Counter-Reformation. Feast day, 16 May.

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