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2 days ago · The Battle of Legnica (Polish: bitwa pod Legnicą), also known as the Battle of Liegnitz (German: Schlacht von Liegnitz) or Battle of Wahlstatt (German: Schlacht bei Wahlstatt), was a battle between the Mongol Empire and the combined defending forces of European fighters that took place at Legnickie Pole (Wahlstatt) near the city of Legnica in the Silesia province of the Kingdom of Poland on 9 ...
4 days ago · The dynasty produced several notable rulers, including Wenceslaus I, the famed "Good King Wenceslas" of Christmas carol fame, and his grandmother Saint Ludmila, whose remains are interred in the basilica‘s eponymous chapel. Saint Ludmila‘s tomb has been a site of pilgrimage and veneration for centuries.
3 days ago · Subutai or Subedei, the legendary general of the Mongol Empire, stands as one of history’s most formidable military minds. Born around 1175, Subutai began his journey as a blacksmith’s son, a humble origin that belied his future greatness. He joined Chinggis Khan’s army as a young man, quickly demonstrating his tactical genius and earning ...
3 days ago · Some of the decoration in the chapel of St Wenceslaus, who has been officially a co-titular of the cathedral along with St Vitus, the original patron, and St Adalbert, since 1997. The altar of the Visitation in the apse; the feast of the Visitation is first attested in Prague in the 1380s.
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5 days ago · St. Wenceslaus was murdered by his brother, Boleslaw, for religious and political reasons. St. Wenceslaus is the patron saint of the Czech Republic and is mentioned in the Christmas carol “Good King Wenceslaus.”. [1] St. Lawrence Ruiz was born in the Philippines in the early 1600’s. His mother was Filipino and his father was Chinese.
4 days ago · Chairs, iron bars, and fists flew on the roof of one of the most revered sites in Christianity, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. When the dust cleared, seven Ethiopian Orthodox monks and four Egyptian (Coptic) monks had been injured. The fight started when an Egyptian monk decided to move his chair into the shade — technically ...
5 days ago · St. Wenceslaus was born around the year 903. His father Duke Wratislaw was a Catholic, but his mother Princess Dragomir practiced the native pagan religion. She would later arrange the murders of ...
