Brother, martyr, patron saint: Why Czechs remember Wenceslas on September 28
Brother, martyr, patron saint: Why Czechs remember Wenceslas on September 28
Length of audio
29:15
Satue of St. Wenceslas in Stará Boleslav|Photo: Barbora Němcová, Radio Prague International
In Monday’s Czechia in 30 Minutes, we travel back more than a thousand years to the violent death of Saint Wenceslas. Historian Robert Novotný explains how a murdered 10th-century prince became the patron saint of the Czech lands and one of the country’s most enduring symbols.




