person
Saint Wenceslas
Wenceslas
also: Vaclav, Wenzel, Duke Wenceslas I
Wenceslas I (c. 907-935), Duke of Bohemia, murdered by his brother and venerated as the patron saint of the Bohemian lands; his relics lie in the jewel-walled St. Wenceslas Chapel of St. Vitus Cathedral.
Reading notes
- Early Poems §7 holy Wenceslas
St. Wenceslas (Czech Vaclav), tenth-century duke and patron saint of Bohemia, murdered by his brother; his relics rest in the jewel-walled St. Wenceslas Chapel of St. Vitus, whose walls are set with semiprecious Bohemian stones.