St. Wenceslaus (September 28) — From Dom Guéranger’s Liturgical Year

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Opublikowano: 2026-09-27

A meditation for the Feast of Saint Wenceslaus, Duke of Bohemia, from Dom Guéranger’s “The Liturgical Year”, Volume V of the Time after Pentecost.Saint Wenceslaus, Duke and Martyr, was born around the year 907 in Bohemia and was raised in the Catholic faith by his grandmother, Saint Ludmila. As ruler of Bohemia, he sought to govern with justice and Christian charity, promoting the spread of the Faith and caring especially for the poor, widows, orphans, and the sick. His brother Boleslaus, opposed to Wenceslaus's Catholic policies and influenced by pagan and political interests, conspired against him, and Wencesl...