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Czechs in History

12/27/2000
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This week in Czechs in History, Nick Carey looks at a Czech whose name rings out on radio stations and in homes throughout the Christian world each Christmas: Prince Vaclav, the patron saint of the Czech people, otherwise known as Good King Wenceslas.

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