Holy Trinity Column (Plague Column) in Trenčín
Sacral small monument
In the summer of 1710, a huge plague epidemic devastated the city. The Black Death (Latin: atra mors) claimed the lives of 1,600 people in Trenčín. In memory of this, the Jesuits, with the help of the abbot Miklós Illésházy (1653-1723), erected a memorial column in the city's main square in 1712, which was made in Baroque style by Viennese stonemasons working on the reconstruction of the Jesuit (later Piarist) church.
Inscription/symbol:
GLorIae DeI patriIs orbeM Verbo / InefabbILI CreantIs / Excelentissimus ac Illustrissimus Domiunus / ComesDominusDius Nico aus Illéshazy de Illésha / za Perpetuus a Trenchin guadem ac Liptoviensis / Comitatuum Hareditar us Suprem Comes Sacrae Ca / sarea Regia, Majestatis Actualis Intimus Consilian / us OperRegnum Hungariae Aulae Cancellarius // GLorIa / del FILII / orbeM / sangVIne / reCreantis // glorIae / SpIrItUs SanCtI / orbeM DonIsgratIae / repLentIs.
Inventory number:
3457
Municipality:
Trencsén
,
(Fő tér (ma Béke tér.) - Mierové námestie)
