1076453 | CZECHOSLOVAKIA. Clement XI. (Pontiff, 1720-1721). (1729) ND AR Medal. PCGS AU58. Prague. 44mm. Mantled bust facing slightly right, wearing biretta / Papal coat-of-arms of Clement XI. Donebauer 4645.

For the planned Canonization of John dated 1720 in chronogram.


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This medal celebrates the planned canonization of Jan Nepomucký, the patron saint of Bohemia. Though his actual elevation to sainthood occurred in 1729 under Pope Benedict XIII, accounting for this type often being miscataloged and misattributed to 1729, the type does celebrate the planned event under then-Pope Clement XI, explaining the rendering of the chronogram (=1720) and the reference to Clement's coat-of-arms upon the reverse.
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