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Feastday: September 28. Patron: of Bohemia, Czech state, Prague. Birth: 907. Death: 935. Author and Publisher - Catholic Online. Printable Catholic Saints PDFs. Shop St. Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia. Patron saint of Bohemia, parts of Czech Republic, and duke of Bohemia frorn 924-929.
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St Wenceslaus’s parents were Vratislaus I, Duke of Bohemia, and Drahomira, a pagan mother. His Christian grandfather was Bořivoj I of Bohemia and his paternal grandmother was Saint Ludmila of Bohemia who made sure he got a good education. Bořivoj I of Bohemia was converted to Christianity by Saints Cyril and Methodius. His father, Duke Vratislaus I...
St Wenceslaus died as a martyr on September 28 935 AD in Stará Boleslav, Bohemia (now Czechia or Czech Republic), after he was stabbed to death by his younger brother Boleslav and his Psycophants.
We celebrate his feast day on September 28every year in the Catholic Church. In the Czech Republic, September 28 is a public holiday to celebrate Czech Statehood Day.
- 907 AD
- Bohemia
- Czechia (Previously Bohemia)
- Duke of Bohemia
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Apr 15, 2024 · Wenceslas I (born c. 907, Stochov, near Prague—died Sept. 28, 929, Stará Boleslav, Bohemia; feast day September 28) was the prince of Bohemia, a martyr, and the patron saint of the Czech Republic. Wencelas was raised a Christian by his grandmother St. Ludmila, but his ambitious mother, Drahomíra (Dragomir), a pagan, had her murdered and ...
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Sep 23, 2023 · Wenceslaus was born in 907 near Prague, son of the Duke of Bohemia. His saintly grandmother, Ludmilla, raised him and sought to promote him as ruler of Bohemia in place of his mother, who favored the anti-Christian factions. Ludmilla was eventually murdered, but rival Christian forces enabled Wenceslaus to assume leadership of the government.
St. Wenceslaus. Duke, martyr, and patron of Bohemia, born probably 903; died at Alt-Bunzlau, 28 September, 935. His parents were Duke Wratislaw, a Christian, and Dragomir, a heathen. He received a good Christian education from his grandmother (St. Ludmilla) and at Budweis. After the death of Wratislaw, Dragomir, acting as regent, opposed ...
Sep 28, 2008 · Patron saint of Bohemia, parts of Czech Republic, and duke of Bohemia frorn 924-929. Also called Wenceslas, he was born near Prague and raised by his grandmother, St. Ludmilla, until her murder by his mother, the pagan Drahomira. Wenceslaus's mother assumed the regency ...
Sep 28, 2023 · Thursday of the Twenty-Fifth Week in Ordinary Time; Optional Memorial of St. Wenceslaus, Martyr; St. Lawrence Ruiz and Companions, Martyrs - September 28, 2023 - Liturgical Calendar | Catholic...
