kašna se sochou sv. Floriána

St. Florian of Lorch is a Catholic saint, a martyr. The first Austrian martyr and saint. He is also the patron of Poland. Because he did not want to renounce faith, he was handed over to executioners. On May 4, 304, they tied a millstone to his neck and threw it into the Enns River. He became a typical figure of gable niches of village cottages, folk paintings on glass, holy pictures and rustic, especially late Baroque sculptures. You can also see it on plague columns in the company of plague patrons. It can be seen that in the villages, "Floriánka", as is intimately invited, consider themselves. St. Florian is considered the patron saint of professions related to fire - firefighters, metallurgists, chimneys, potters or bakers. And beware, it also symbolizes the extinguishing of human malice. PLEASE REMEMBER. It is celebrated on May 4, when the name is Květoslav. Květoslav is the Latin equivalent of Florian (also Florian). Usually the saint is depicted on the statues as a soldier, along with a buck with water, at the other side has a dummy burning house. This is interpreted as meaning that the saint intercedes with God for saving values, but people have to put their hands on the work.