Feast March 20
John of Nepomuk
Bishop, patron of confessors · Feast March 20
Biography
John of Nepomuk, also called John Nepomucene , was a Bohemian clergyman. Due to his loyalty to Archbishop Jan of Jenštejn in a dispute with the Bohemian crown, he was executed by King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia by being thrown into the Vltava.
Feast day
March 20
Patronage
- confessors
- mariners
- raftsmen
- millers
- sievers
- bridges
- against hazards by water
- for discretion
- Bohemia
- San Juan
- Batangas
- Malibay
Birth date
1345
Death date
1393-03-20
Canonization status
Canonized
Canonization date
19 March 1729
Canonized by
Pope Benedict XIII
Feast month
3
Feast day of month
20