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Our father among [[Image:Wenceslaus_Prince_of_the_Czechs.jpg|right|thumb|230px|St. Wenceslaus, Prince of the saints and Czechs.]]The holy [[martyr]] '''Wenceslas''' (or '''Wenceslaus''') (born 907, died [[September 28]], 935 or 929) was the son of Vratislaus I, Duke of Bohemia. His father was raised in a Christian milieu through his father, Borivoj, who was converted by Saints [[Cyril and Methodius]], the "Apostles to the Slavs". His mother, Drahomira, however, was the daughter of a tribal chief who held on to paganism, as did many Czech nobles at the time, fearing that the arrival of Christian bishops would threaten their authority. Wenceslaus himself was martyred and is venerated as a [[saint]].

After his death, Wenceslaus was canonised as a saint due to his martyr's death, as well as several purported miracles that occurred after his death. Wenceslaus is the patron saint of the Czech people and the Czech Republic. His ==See also==* [[feast dayRastislav of Moravia]] is * [[September 28Cyril and Methodius]]. Since the year 2000, this day is a public holiday in the Czech Republic, celebrated as ''Czech Statehood Day''.

In his honour==Further reading==* Otakar Odložilík. ''Good King Wenceslas: A Historical Sketch.'' '''The Slavonic and East European Review'''. Vol. 8, a statue of Wenceslaus clad in armour on horseback stands in Prague's Václavské náměstí No. 22 (Wenceslaus SquareJun., 1929), pp. He is best known outside the Czech Republic as the subject of the Christmas carol "Good King Wenceslas"120-130.

 * [[Wikipedia:Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia]]