Saint Wenceslas

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Saint Wenceslas is a 10th-century Bohemian duke and Christian martyr revered as the patron saint of the Czech nation and a symbol of Czech statehood.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Saint Wenceslas canonical 11
Saint Wenceslaus 4
Wenceslas 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 10th-century ruler
Christian martyr
Duke of Bohemia
historical figure
patron saint
saint
alsoKnownAs Good King Wenceslas
Saint Wenceslas
surface form: Svatý Václav

Václav
Wenceslaus I
associatedWith Prague
Stará Boleslav
birthDate c. 907
canonizationStatus saint
causeOfDeath assassination
countryOfCitizenship Duchy of Bohemia
cultDeveloped 10th century
deathDate 28 September 929
28 September 935
deathPlace Stará Boleslav
era Early Middle Ages
feastDay 28 September
givenName Saint Wenceslas self-linksurface differs
surface form: Wenceslas
grandmother Duchess Ludmila of Bohemia
surface form: Saint Ludmila
hasLegend Good King Wenceslas
surface form: Good King Wenceslas Christmas carol
killer Boleslaus I the Cruel
surface form: Boleslaus the Cruel
languageOfName Czech
mannerOfDeath murdered by his brother
memorial Wenceslas Square
surface form: Wenceslas Square, Prague
mother Drahomíra
nationalHoliday Czech Statehood Day
notableWork promotion of Christianity in Bohemia
patronage Bohemia
Czech nation
Czech statehood
placeOfBurial St. Vitus Cathedral
positionHeld Duke of Bohemia
region Bohemia
reignEnd 935
reignStart c. 921
religion Christianity
Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
sibling Boleslaus I the Cruel
surface form: Boleslaus the Cruel
symbolOf Czech national identity
Czech statehood
title Duke
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

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Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Czech Statehood Day commemorates Saint Wenceslas
Czech Statehood Day symbol Saint Wenceslas
Wenceslas Square namedAfter Saint Wenceslas
Wenzel hasVariant Saint Wenceslas
this entity surface form: Wenceslas
Wenzel cognateWith Saint Wenceslas
this entity surface form: Wenceslas
Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav associatedWithSaint Saint Wenceslas
this entity surface form: Saint Wenceslaus
Wawel Cathedral dedicatedTo Saint Wenceslas
this entity surface form: Saint Wenceslaus
Archdiocese of Kraków primaryPatron Saint Wenceslas
this entity surface form: Saint Wenceslaus
St. Wenceslas Crown namedAfter Saint Wenceslas
St. Wenceslas Crown dedicatedTo Saint Wenceslas
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Prague hasPatronSaint Saint Wenceslas
this entity surface form: Saint Wenceslaus
Den české státnosti commemorates Saint Wenceslas
this entity surface form: svatý Václav
Den české státnosti hasPatronFigure Saint Wenceslas
this entity surface form: svatý Václav
Saint Wenceslas givenName Saint Wenceslas self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Wenceslas
Saint Wenceslas alsoKnownAs Saint Wenceslas
this entity surface form: Svatý Václav
Horse Market renamedInHonorOf Saint Wenceslas
subject surface form: Horse Market (Prague)
Saint Wenceslas statue dedicatedTo Saint Wenceslas
Saint Wenceslas statue depicts Saint Wenceslas
Saint Wenceslas statue namedAfter Saint Wenceslas