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     Tony Meade - Good King Wenceslas (Official Lyric Video)

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     St Wenceslas: Everything That You Need to Know About the Duke of Bohemia - World History Edu

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     Good King Wenceslas (Remastered 2021)

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   Sep 28, 2023 · St. Wenceslas, Duke of Bohemia (28 September): Butler's Lives of the Saints. Sensus Fidelium. 270K subscribers. Subscribed. 0. 1 waiting Premieres Sep 28, 2023....

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3. www.youtube.com › watchSaint Wenceslas - Duke Martyr - 0938 - Bohemia - YouTube

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   Saint Wenceslaus I or Václav the Good was the duke of Bohemia from 921 until his assassination in 935. His younger brother, Boleslaus the Cruel, was complici...

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   The song "Good King Wenceslas" serves as a testament to the enduring legacy of Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia. It encapsulates his commitment to Christian val...

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   From the 2008 Radio Christmas Special.

6. www.christiancentury.org › article › newsThe real story behind ‘Good King Wenceslas’ | The Christian ...

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   Dec 20, 2023 · The transition of Václav, the saintly duke of Bohemia, to Wenceslas, the good king of Christmas-carol fame, came about 900 years after his reign. The song’s fans can thank John Mason Neale—a 19th century Anglican priest, scholar, and hymn writer—for this addition to the holiday season.

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   Sep 30, 2022 · for more about Good King Wenceslaus, see http://catholicsaints.info/saint-wenceslaus-of-bohemia/

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   Was Wenceslas a real king?

   • But the inspiration for this fanciful tale was a very real Christian martyr who lived in the 10th century. The historical Wenceslas wasn’t English. He wasn’t a king. In his Czech homeland, he wasn’t even associated with Christmas.

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   Where did good King Wenceslas come from?

   • “Good King Wenceslas” first appeared in Neale’s Deeds of Faith, a children’s book from 1849, and again in his Carols for Christmastide from 1853. Neale set the words to the tune of “Tempus adest floridum,” (“Spring has now unwrapped the flowers”), a 16th-century song for spring. In the carol, Wenceslas sees a man gathering winter fuel.

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   What is a song about the Wenceslas of yore about?

   • It also makes a certain poetic sense that a song about the Wenceslas of yore would be set on the feast day of Stephen, the first Christian martyr named in the New Testament . Václav the Good lived from about AD 907 to 929.

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   How does Wenceslas see a man gathering winter fuel?

   • In the carol, Wenceslas sees a man gathering winter fuel. Rather than ignoring the man and ignoring the need, Wenceslas goes bravely into the night through “rudewind’s wild lament and the bitter weather.” His page then follows in the good king’s footsteps, just as Christians are called to follow the path set by Christ.

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   Nov 28, 2016 · 153. 4.2K views 6 years ago. Good King Wenceslas is one of my all time favorite Christmas Carols. Over the years I've read a bit on the history of the song and the real Duke of Bohemia that...

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