Jernej of Loka (Bartholomew) was a 16th-century

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active in the

Škofja Loka Škofja Loka (; ) 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 at an elevation of ...

area, from which his

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is also derived. He is known to have painted the

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es in a number of other churches throughout the

Upper Carniola Upper Carniola ( ; ; ) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the northern mountainous part of the larger Carniola region. The largest town in the region is Kranj, and other urban centers include Kamnik, Jesenice, Jesenice, Jesenice, Domžale and ...

region and some in the area of

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(

Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...

) and in the

Natisone The Natisone (; ; ) 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 northeastern Italy. It is the main tri ...

Valley (

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

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, between 1525 and 1530 * St. John's Church, Suha * St. Peter's Church, above

Begunje Begunje na Gorenjskem (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 146.) is a village in the Municipality of Radovljica in the Upper Carniola ...

, between 1530 and 1540 * St. John the Baptist Church,

Lake Bohinj Lake Bohinj (), 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 Park. Geography Lake Bohinj is long and a ...

* St. Peter's Church,

Bodovlje Bodovlje (; )''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 November 1849, ...

, 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. ) is a village on the right bank of the Sora R ...

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

Zminec Zminec (; ''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 Poljanščica River in the Municipality of Škof ...

* 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 Četena Ravan () is a small settlement in the Municipality of Gorenja Vas–Poljane in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. Name Četena Ravan was attested in historical sources as ''Seteneraun'' in 1291, ''Tanawren'' and ''Zeta Nawren'' in 1453 ...

* St. Jodocus' Church above

Kranj Kranj (, ) is the List of cities and towns in Slovenia, fourth-largest city in Slovenia and the largest urban center of the traditional region of Upper Carniola (northwestern Slovenia) and the Slovene Alps. It is located approximately northwest o ...

, around 1530 * St. Clement's Church, in

Bukovščica Bukovščica (; previously ''Klemen'' or ''Sveti Klemen'', ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 60.) is a village in the Municipality of � ...

* Birth of the Virgin Church in

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near

Cerkno Cerkno (; ; ) 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 but important local cultural ...

, 1536 * Virgin Mary Church in Polje near

Bovec Bovec (; , , ) is a town in the Slovene Littoral, 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 Ljubljana, at an e ...

, 1520–1540 * Our Lady of the Snows Church above

Avče Avče (, ) is a settlement on the left bank of the Soča River in the Municipality of Kanal ob Soči in the Littoral region of Slovenia. It includes the hamlets of Dolnji Avšček, Gor(e)nji Avšček, and Langa along Avšček Creek southeast of ...

near

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, around 1530 * St. John the Baptist Church in Spodnji Otok by

Mošnje Mošnje (, ) is a village in the Municipality of Radovljica in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. History During the Second World War, several houses in the village were burned. On April 4, 1944 the village's population was deported to German ...

* St. Mary Magdalene Church, in Brod near

Bohinjska Bistrica Bohinjska Bistrica (; ) 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 southwest of the Triglav massif an ...

, 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

References

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