[painting of Saint John]May 16
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Saint John Nepumucene, 1340-1393
 Vicar-general of Prague, Czech Republic, martyr of the Confessional, executed for refusing to disclose the queen's confession to the king. 

Born c.1340 as John Wolflin at Nepomuk, Bohemia
Died burned, then tied to a wheel and thrown off a bridge into the Moldau River on 20 March 1393; on the night of his death, seven stars hovered over the placed where he drowned
Canonized 19 March 1729
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