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- History, Life, Biography, Facts and Information about Saint Wenceslas
- Fast, concise facts and information
- Date of Birth and Death
- Important Dates surrounding the life of Saint Wenceslas
- Life History, Story, Biography, Myths and Legends
- Description / Title of the Saint : Martyr
Saint Wenceslas Fast, concise facts and information about Saint Wenceslas
The following provides fast and concise facts and information: - Memorial Day / Feast Day of Saint Wenceslas: September 28
- Description / Title of the Saint : Martyr
- Date of Death: Saint Wenceslas died 938
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The Story and History of Saint Wenceslas
The story and history of Saint Wenceslas. Wenceslas was the son of a Christian Duke of Bohemia, but his mother was a hard and cruel pagan. Through the care of his holy grandmother, Ludmilla, herself a martyr, Wenceslas was educated in the true faith, and imbibed a special devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. On the death of his father, his mother, Drahomira, usurped the government and passed a series of persecuting laws. In the interests of the Faith Wenceslas claimed and obtained, through the support of the people, a large portion of the country as his own kingdom. His mother secured the apostasy and alliance of her second son, Boleslas, who became henceforth her ally against the Christians. Wenceslas meanwhile ruled as a brave and pious king, provided for all the needs of his people, and when his kingdom was attacked, overcame in single combat, by the sign of the cross, the leader of an invading army. In the service of God he was most constant, and planted with his own hands the wheat and grapes for the Holy Mass, at which he never failed daily to assist. His piety was the occasion of his death. Once, after a banquet at his brother's palace, to which he had been treacherously invited, he went, as was his wont at night, to pray before the tabernacle. There, at midnight on the feast of the Angels, 938, he received his crown of martyrdom, his brother dealing him the death-blow. Feast Day of Saint Wenceslas
The Feast Day of Saint Wenceslas is September 28. The origin of Feast Days: most saints have specially designated feast days and are associated with a specific day of the year and these are referred to as the saint's feast day. The feast days first arose from the very early Christian custom of the annual commemoration of martyrs on the dates of their deaths at the same time celebrating their birth into heaven. |
Saint Wenceslas- Short, concise biography of Saint Wenceslas
- History, Life, Biography, Facts and Information
- Fast, concise facts and information about Saint Wenceslas
- Memorial, or Feast Day, of Saint Wenceslas - September 28
- History, Life, Biography, Dates, Facts and Information
- Date of Death: 938
- Important Dates surrounding the life of Saint Wenceslas
- Life History, Story, Biography, Myths and Legends
- Description / Title of the Saint : Martyr
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