Pietas spectata per ignes et aquas
- First performance: June 1729, Opole [PL], the highest grammar class
- Author: Joannes Braun, SJ (1701–1758)
The play Piety Tested by Fire and Water is composed of two strictly separated parts: the first part narrates the plot (pars historica), while the second is allegorical (pars idealis). In the “historical” part, King Wenceslas wants to summon John again, but finds he has left for the town of Stará Boleslav to pray before the miraculous picture of Virgin Mary. The King thus sends his guards to throw John from the bridge on his way back, and his orders are fulfilled. In the second part, the rivers Vltava, Elbe, Sázava and Ohře appear; they give the news of John’s martyred death to the Tiber, who then spreads John’s fame throughout the world. More info in Czech
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[Joannes Braun]: Pietas spectata per ignes et aquas, historico-ideali dramate honorI et
VeneratIonI DIVI IoannIs NepoMVCenI affeCtVose proposIta a Perillustri, Praenobili ac
Ingenua suprema grammatices classe Oppolii, mense Junio, die …
National
Library CR, sign. 52 A 39, adl. 114
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. 512-519.
