Holy Trinity column in Kroměříž, Baroque Holy Trinity column in Kroměříž, Czech Republic
The Holy Trinity column in Kroměříž is a 12-metre Baroque sandstone monument on Riegrovo Square, built on a triangular plan with a triangular base, pedestal and three columns. Six plague saints stand on the pedestal in two tiers, with Saint Wolfgang raised at the foot of the column, and the top group shows God the Father and God the Son seated with a dove between them.
The column was made by the Olomouc sculptor Jan Sturmer between 1716 and 1725 as thanks for the averting of the plague that struck Moravia in 1713–1716. The city and donations from Kroměříž citizens paid for it, and the sculptural work cost 1,200 gold coins. Sturmer signed it on the shaft's base behind the statue of Saint Eligius. Restoration followed in 2020 and 2021.
Six plague patron saints stand in two tiers on the pedestal: Saint Anne, Saint Rosalie, Saint Eligius, Saint Sebastian, Saint Charles Borromeo and Saint Francis Xavier. At the foot of the shaft rises Saint Wolfgang, patron of Cardinal Wolfgang Hannibal von Schrattenbach. Behind the Saint Eligius statue the sculptor signed the work: I:O:H:S:T:R:M:E:E:C:T.
The monument is located on Riegrovo Square in central Kroměříž and is easily accessible on foot while exploring the town center. Visitors can view the column from all angles as they walk around the plaza.
The elevated statue of Saint Wolfgang at the column's foot is not a plague patron but a tribute to Cardinal Wolfgang Hannibal von Schrattenbach, Bishop of Olomouc, whose name saint it is. The Latin chronogram on the three sandstone cartouches yields the year 1725.
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