Divus Joannes Nepomucenus invictus Christi Martyr, in silentio secreti confessionis et in spe publicae canonizationis gloriosus
- First performance: May 1701, Prague – Clementinum, rhetoric
- Author: Bernardus Pannagl, SJ (1666–1734)
The play St. John of Nepomuk, the Invincible Martyr of Christ, Glorious in his Silence Regarding the Seal of Confession and his Hope of the Public Canonization is divided into two parts: Joannes in silentio and Joannes in spe. The first part relates the story of John’s martyrdom and death. This rather grave plot is interspersed with comical interludes (extrarium), not included in the synopsis. It is therefore possible that Pannagl only added these to the version intended for publication. They feature a pair of “parasites”, Boniscus and Coniscus. Coniscus, unlike his companion (and unlike John of Nepomuk), does not know the right moment to keep his mouth shut and ends in prison together with John. He is threatened to be drowned but it is not clear whether this really happens. The second part of the play takes place after John’s death and its main subject is spreading of his fame and struggle for his canonization. Mainly allegorical characters appear here, e.g. Impiety, Night, Heaven, Prague or Vltava. More info in Czech
Text
Not preserved
Probably a reworked version came out in print in: Musa Panagaea: diversa cum thematum, tum
carminum genera pererrans; poëticen docentibus in subsidium, discentibus in proludium
proposita a P. Bernardo Pannagl Societatis Jesu. Pragae : Typis Universitatis
Carolo-Ferdinandeae in collegio Societatis Jesu ad S. Clementem, [1729], p. 9-79.
Digital copy NK ČR, Sign. 52 G 334:
Synopsis
[Bernardus Pannagl]: Divus Joannes Nepomucenus invictus Christi Martyr, in silentio
secreti confessionis et in spe publicae canonizationis gloriosus. Actione theatrali
honoratus ab Illustrissima, Perillustri, Nobili ac Ingenua juventute facultatis
oratoriae in collegio academico Soc. Jesu Pragae ad S. Clementem anno 1701, mense Majo
National Library CR, sign. 52 A 39, adl. 11
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. 466-475.
Bibliography
Zdeněk Zárybnický: Musa panagaea Bernarda Pannagla. Diplomová práce, ÚŘLS FF UK, Praha 2007.
