biography
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Wenceslaus or Wenceslas, St
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known as Good King Wenceslas
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pronunciation:
[wenseslas]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.903–935)
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| biography:
| Duke and patron of Bohemia, born in Stochov, W Czech Republic. He received a Christian education, and after the death of his father (c.924) encouraged Christianity in Bohemia, against the wishes of his mother. Probably at her instigation, and because he had put his duchy under the protection of Germany, he was murdered by his brother, Boleslaw. He became the patron saint of Bohemia and Czechoslovakia. Feast day 28 September. |
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