Life, Legend, and Canonization of St. John NepomucenBell and Daldy, 1873 - 81 pages |
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Page 12 - ... names and in that of the king's high steward, Henry Skopek of Duba. From King Wenceslas they delivered the archbishop a letter, which certainly gave him no ground to expect any good. It was written in German, and was worded, " Thou archbishop ! give me back my castle of Raudnitz and my other castles, and depart from my land of Bohemia. And if thou shalt attempt aught against me or mine, I will drown thee, and put an end to the dispute. Come to Prague ! " But the king's councillors, whom the archbishop...
Page 10 - ... ie, titular patriarch, or one of three titular bishops, who enjoyed his favour, and was waiting for the death of the old Abbot of Kladrau, to establish a cathedral instead of the Benedictine abbey in that place. But the Abbot was scarcely dead when the monks proceeded with their...
Page 9 - pestis generalis," from which he recovered, contrary to the expectations of his medical attendants, and from that time forth began to think of penitence for his previous thoughtless mode of life. Still more was he affected when in 1382 he heard of the awful death of the Archbishop of Magdeburg, who perished in the attempt to escape, on an outcry of fire being raised, from a ball-room in which he was dancing in the tight-fitting attire of a gallant of the day with ladies of rank. Henceforth he gave...
Page 69 - ... name of ST. JOHN NEPOMUCEN, the great patron of bridges, and protector of all who, whether deservedly or undeservedly, have reason to be in fear of shame and disgrace. But in 1754, Wokaun, suffragan Bishop of Prague, procured from the Vatican, on occasion of a legal dispute with the Abbot of Brzewnow, a copy of Archbishop John of Jenstein's official complaint against King Wenceslas, which must have fallen like a bombshell among the venerators of the saint Between 1780 and 1 790 a tolerably lively...
Page 13 - ... possession of him that he refused to listen to a word about the agreement made with his councillors to whom he had previously given plenipotentiary powers, and stormed against the archbishop with all the fury of his passionate nature which was also perhaps inflamed by wine. " Thou archbishop," said he, " thou excommunicatest my officers without my knowledge, and hast confirmed the Abbot of Cladrub. Thou accusest my under-treasurer of heresy and error. Thou hast asked no question, and dost it...
Page 3 - St. John of Nepomuk as its Patron Saint and Protector against all their blasphemous and false accusers