May 16
On this day the Catholic Church remembers
St. John of Nepomuk

St. John of Nepomuk

priest and martyr · c. 1345 – 1393
Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord, keep watch over the door of my lips.
— Ps 141:3

Vicar general of the Archdiocese of Prague, whom King Wenceslaus IV had tortured and thrown from the Charles Bridge into the Vltava – according to tradition for refusing to reveal the queen's confession. His statues stand by bridges across Central Europe. Faithfulness also shows in what you keep silent.

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