# John of Nepomuk

> A Bohemian priest drowned by his king in 1393, wrapped centuries later in legends of miraculous silence and miraculous healings — until the church made him a saint and patron against floods.

*Catholic saint (1340-1393)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/john-of-nepomuk

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Born:** 1340
- **Died:** 1393-03-20
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

John of Nepomuk was a clergyman in fourteenth-century Bohemia who sided with Archbishop Jan of Jenštejn in a clash with the crown. That loyalty cost him: on 20 March 1393, King Wenceslaus IV had him thrown into the Vltava River. In the decades after, a cult formed around his death, fed by fantastical hagiographies and reports of miraculous healings. The church canonized him in 1729, casting him as a martyr of the Seal of the Confessional. Today he stands as patron against calumnies, floods, and drowning — a medieval execution turned into sacred legend.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 60.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 20.0 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 23.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 3.5 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #204

## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Religious Figure, #Religion, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_Nepomuk)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q221522)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/John%20of%20Nepomuk)
- [Ян Непамуцкі](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD_%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%86%D0%BA%D1%96)
- [Ян Непамуцкі](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD_%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%86%D0%BA%D1%96)
- [Йоан Непомуцки](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B8)
- [Joan Nepomucè](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Nepomuc%C3%A8)
- [Jón Nepòmùcen](https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3n_Nep%C3%B2m%C3%B9cen)
- [Jan Nepomucký](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Nepomuck%C3%BD)
- [Jan Nepomuk](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Nepomuk)
- [Johannes Nepomuk](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Nepomuk)
- [Johano Nepomuka](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johano_Nepomuka)
- [Juan Nepomuceno](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Nepomuceno)
- [Joan Nepomukekoa](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Nepomukekoa)
- [Johannes Nepomukilainen](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Nepomukilainen)
- [Jean Népomucène](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_N%C3%A9pomuc%C3%A8ne)
- [Jehannes fan Nepomuk](https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehannes_fan_Nepomuk)
- [יאן מנפומוק](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9F_%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A7)
- [Ivan Nepomuk](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Nepomuk)
- [Nepomuki Szent János](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepomuki_Szent_J%C3%A1nos)
- [Yohanes dari Nepomuk](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yohanes_dari_Nepomuk)
- [Giovanni Nepomuceno](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Nepomuceno)
- [ネポムクのヨハネ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8D%E3%83%9D%E3%83%A0%E3%82%AF%E3%81%AE%E3%83%A8%E3%83%8F%E3%83%8D)
- [얀 네포무츠키](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%96%80_%EB%84%A4%ED%8F%AC%EB%AC%B4%EC%B8%A0%ED%82%A4)
- [Ioannes Nepomucenus](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannes_Nepomucenus)
- [Wikiquote](https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jan_Nepomuck%C3%BD)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Giovanni_Nepomuceno)
- [Johannes Nepomuk](https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Nepomuk)
- [جون نيبوموك](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88%D9%83)

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