St. Francis Xavier, Charles Bridge, Prague

St. Francis Xavier, Charles Bridge, Prague

16th-century Spanish missionary famous for his work in the East. Here he is baptizing a group of Indian and Japanese princes (whether they will or no).

Sculptor: Cenek Vosmík (1913) – Replica of Ferdinand Brokoff’s original 1711 sculpture, which fell into the river during the floods of 1890.

Original commissioned by the Faculty of Theology and Philosophy of Charles University.