Jernej of Loka (Bartholomew) was a 16th-century painter active in the

Škofja Loka Škofja Loka (; german: Bischoflack) is a town in Slovenia. It is the economic, cultural, educational, and administrative center of the Municipality of Škofja Loka in Upper Carniola. It has about 12,000 inhabitants. Geography Škofja Loka lies ...

area, from which his epithet is also derived. He is known to have painted the frescoes in a number of other churches throughout the

Upper Carniola Upper Carniola ( sl, Gorenjska; it, Alta Carniola; german: Oberkrain) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the northern mountainous part of the larger Carniola region. The centre of the region is Kranj, while other urban centers include Jeseni ...

region and some in the area of

Tolmin Tolmin (; it, Tolmino,trilingual name ''Tolmein, Tolmino, Tolmin'' inGemeindelexikon, der im Reichsrate Vertretenen Königreiche und Länder. Bearbeit auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1900. Herausgegeben von der K.K. ...

(

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) and in the

Natisone The Natisone ( fur, Nadison; sl, Nadiža; la, Natiso) is a river in Slovenia and Italy. It flows for some time as a border river between Slovenia and Italy, continues in Slovenia and then crosses the border and continues in Eastern Friuli, in no ...

Valley (

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). Churches where frescoes believed to have been painted by Jernej of Loka are preserved include: * St. Mark's Church,

Vrba Vrba ("willow" in several Slavic languages) may refer to: Places Austria * Velden am Wörther See ( sl, Vrba na Koroškem, link=no) Bosnia and Herzegovina * Vrba (Glamoč), Bosnia and Herzegovina * Vrba (Gacko), Bosnia and Herzegovina Mon ...

, between 1525 and 1530 *

St. John's Church St. John's Church, Church of St. John, or variants, thereof, (Saint John or St. John usually refers to John the Baptist, but also, sometimes, to John the Apostle or John the Evangelist) may refer to the following churches, former churches or other ...

, Suha * St. Peter's Church, above Begunje, between 1530 and 1540 * St. John the Baptist Church,

Lake Bohinj Lake Bohinj ( sl, Bohinjsko jezero, german: Wocheiner See), covering , is the largest permanent lake in Slovenia. It is located within the Bohinj Valley of the Julian Alps, in the northwestern Upper Carniola region, and part of Triglav National Par ...

* St. Peter's Church,

Bodovlje Bodovlje (; german: Wodovlje''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 64. or ''Wodoule'Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung'', no. 141. 24 ...

, between 1525 and 1540 * St. Thomas' Church, Brode near

between 1530 and 1540 * St. Nicholas' Church, in

Godešič Godešič (; in older sources also ''Godešiče'',''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 62. german: Godeschitz) is a village on the right b ...

, around 1530 * St. Lawrence's Church, above

Zminec Zminec (; german: Sminz''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 64.) is a village on the left bank of the Poljanska Sora, Poljanščica River ...

* St. Andrew's Church, at Sveti Andrej above Zminc, between 1520 and 1530 * St. Oswald's Church, above Sveti Ožbolt, 1534 * Sts. Phillip and James Church, in Valterski Vrh, soon after 1534 * Holy Cross Church in Križna Gora * St. Bricius' Church in Četena Ravan * St. Jodocus' Church above Kranj, around 1530 * St. Clement's Church, in Bukovščica * Birth of the Virgin Church in

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near

Cerkno Cerkno (; it, Circhina; ger, Kirchheim) is a small town in the Littoral region of Slovenia. It has around 2,000 inhabitants and is the administrative centre of the Cerkno Hills. It is the seat of the Municipality of Cerkno. Cerkno is a small ...

, 1536 * Virgin Mary Church in Polje near

Bovec Bovec ( or ; , german: Flitsch, fur, Plèz) is a town in the Littoral region in northwestern Slovenia, close to the border with Italy. It is the central settlement of the Municipality of Bovec. Geography Bovec is located from the capital Ljubl ...

, 1520–1540 * Our Lady of the Snows Church above Avče near Kanal, around 1530 * St. John the Baptist Church in Spodnji Otok by Mošnje * St. Mary Magdalene Church, in Brod near

Bohinjska Bistrica Bohinjska Bistrica (; german: Wocheiner Feistritz) is the largest settlement and administrative centre of the Municipality of Bohinj, in the Upper Carniola region of northwestern Slovenia. Geography The settlement lies in the Julian Alps southw ...

, around 1534 * St. Bartholomew's Church in San Pietro in NatisoneChurches in the Natisone valley
* St. Lucy, Virgin and Martyr Church in San Leonardo in Natisone

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