Sanctus Joannes Nepomucenus, invictus sacramentalis silentii athleta
- First performance: 1732, Litoměřice, rhetoric
- Author: Augustus Grever, SJ (1699–1762)
The subject of the play The Holiest Trinity of Graces is a preparation of the canonization celebration of John of Nepomuk. The main inspiration for the plot was the fact that the canonization did not take place – as was customary – in the Vatican, but in the Lateran basilica. Hence, allegorical representatives of Vatican and Lateran are the protagonists of the play; besides, Custom (Consuetudo) appears, and above all the supporters of John’s canonization (Innocence, Silence and Love) together with its opponents (Conflict, Envy, Libel and Pride). More info in Czech
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[Augustus Grewer]: Sanctus Joannes Nepomucenus invictus sacramentalis silentii athleta,
fidelis Jesu Christi ad iniqua praesidum tribunalia silentis et patientis ad mortem
usque aemulator. Piae Excellentissimorum, Illustrissimorum, Reverendissimorum,
Perillustrium, Reverendorum et Praecellentium D. Sodalium meditationi, imprimis honori
et venerationi Reverendissimi, Perillustris ac Amplissimi Domini, Domini Josephi Mika,
Sacri, Candidissimi, Canonici ac Exempti Praemonstratensium ordinis in Celeberrimo ac
Regio Doxanensi Parthenone Praepositi infulati, Sacrae, Caesareae, Regiae ac Catholicae
Majestatis Consiliarii et Regni Bohemiae Praelati Dignissimi, Almae Sodalitatis Beatae
Virginis Mariae ab Archangelo salutatae Rectoris Meritissimi, et Reverendissimorum,
Amplissimorum Assistentium et Benefactorum lugubri scena sub Patientis Domini ferias ab
eadem Sodalitate propositus et dicatus. Agentibus pro theatro facultatis oratoriae
studiosis ejusdem Congregationis sodalibus in Regio-Caesareo Litomericensi gymnasio,
anno 1732, mense Aprili
National
Library CR, sign. sign. 52 A 19, adl. 80
Digital copy
Kateřina Bobková-Valentová – Alena Bočková – Magdaléna Jacková – Martin Bažil – Eva Pauerová – Jan Zdichynec – Zdeněk Žalud: Sv. Jan Nepomucký na jezuitských školních scénách. Praha: Academia, 2015. (= Theatrum Neolatinum. Latinské divadlo v českých zemích, 1.), p. 548-559.
Bibliography
Arnošt Kraus: Husitství v literatuře, zejména německé II. Husitství v literatuře barokní a osvícenské, Praha : Česká akademie 1918, s. 91.
