Sveti Jošt nad Kranjem (; german: Sankt Jodoci''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 56.) is a settlement on a hill of the same name east of

Kranj Kranj (, german: Krainburg) is the third-largest city in Slovenia, with a population of 37,941 (2020). It is located approximately northwest of Ljubljana. The centre of the City Municipality of Kranj and of the traditional region of Upper Carniol ...

in 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 of

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. It is centered on the church of

Saint Judoc Saint Judoc, otherwise known as Jodoc, Joyce or Josse ( la, Iudocus; traditionally 600 – 668 AD)Alban Butler, (Michael Walsh, ed.) ''Butler's Lives of the Saints'' (1991) ''s.v.'' "December 13: St Judoc, or Josse (AD 688)". was a seventh-c ...

( sl, sveti Jošt), a landmark of Kranj, visible from afar.

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Sveti Jošt'' (literally, 'Saint Jodocus') to ''Jošt nad Kranjem'' (literally, 'Jodocus above Kranj') in 1955. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms. The name was changed again to ''Sveti Jošt nad Kranjem'' in 1990. In the past the German name was ''Sankt Jodoci''.

Church

St. Judoc's Church was first mentioned in documents relating to the bequest of land by

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to the

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in 973. The earliest surviving part of the church is the

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in which

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s by

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dated to 1530 are preserved. The remainder of the church dates to the 18th century, when it was rebuilt in the

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. The surrounding buildings were greatly damaged in the

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. The church used to be an important

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church, and is still a popular

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destination.Kam.si guide to Slovenia
/ref> The main bell of the church was cast in 1834, weighs , and has a striking tone of d♭′. It was made from the bronze of Ottoman ships sunk in the

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(1827), which was bought by Anton Samassa in

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. It bears an inscription by the Slovene Romantic poet

France Prešeren France Prešeren () (2 or 3 December 1800 – 8 February 1849) was a 19th-century Romantic Slovene poet whose poems have been translated into many languages.

: "My bronze was found at the bottom of the sea, when the kingdom of Turkey was ended in Helade by Navarino. It was bought by a pilgrim; cast into a bell by Samassa, now I announce God's honour from St. Jodocus's embrasures."

Gallery

File:Sv. Jošt from the NW.jpg, Sveti Jošt nad Kranjem from the northwest

References

External links

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Sveti Jošt nad Kranjem on Geopedia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sveti Jost Nad Kranjem Populated places established in the 10th century Populated places in the City Municipality of Kranj Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor