Chapel of Saint Stapinus at Klokočka, Baroque chapel in Klokočka, Czech Republic
The Chapel of Saint Stapinus at Klokočka is a Baroque elliptical central building with a semicircular presbytery and a flat facade divided by pilasters and semicircular windows. It stands on a stone terrace supported by three pillar arcades, decorated with statues of St. Jude Thaddeus and St. John of Nepomuk; the latter was moved inside in 2011. The interior has pilasters carrying a barrel vault with lunettes.
Countess Marie Margareta of Waldstein had the chapel built between 1724 and 1730 next to an older wooden shrine demolished in 1811, fulfilling the wish of her late husband František Josef, who had been treated with water from a local spring. The Bakov parish priest Kašpar Záruba consecrated it in 1730 to St. Stapinus, helper against gout; because the consecration fell on St. Procopius's feast day, the chapel also bears his name.
The chapel is also called after St. Procopius because it was consecrated on his feast day, when pilgrimages were held here. Stapinus, invoked against gout, is shown on the main altar carried by angels; the side altars of 1794 hold paintings of St. Thecla and St. Camillus.
The chapel stands in the forest on the right bank of the Jizera, in the hamlet of Klokočka in the Rokytky stream valley, not on a street. It is a protected cultural monument, so visits are limited to the exterior; the statue of St. John of Nepomuk was moved inside the building in 2011.
The chapel was consecrated in 1730 by the Bakov parish priest Kašpar Záruba to Saint Stapinus, a helper invoked against gout. Because the consecration fell on the feast of Saint Procopius, the same day as the local pilgrimage, the building also became known as the Chapel of Saint Procopius.
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