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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Bohemia
Bohemia is bordered by Germany to the southwest, west, and northwest, Poland to the north-east, the Czech historical region of Moravia to the east, and Austria to the south.
Bohemia, the chief tributaries of the Elbe are the Iser and the Eger.
Bohemia is divided ecclesiastically as follows: The Archdiocese of Prague includes the northwestern and central parts of the country, the Diocese of Leitmeritz embraces the northern part, the Diocese of Königgrätz takes in the eastern part, and the Diocese of Budweis the southern part of the country.
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 A Saint A Day
Agnes was accused of being a Christian and brought to the governor.
Angela was proclaimed a saint by Pope Pius VI in 1807.
Thomas was declared a saint in 1323 by Pope Paul II; Pius V declared him a Doctor of the Church in 1567; Leo XIII declared him master of all scholastic doctors in 1879 and the universal patron of universities, colleges, and schools in 1880.
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 Otakar I of Bohemia - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
His early years were passed amid the anarchy which prevailed everywhere in the country, after several struggles, in which he took part, he was recognized as ruler of Bohemia by the emperor Henry VI in 1192.
Although a subject of the Holy Roman Empire, the Bohemian King was to be the leading electoral prince of the empire and to furnish all subsequent Emperors with a bodyguard of 300 knights when they went to Rome for their coronation.
Otakar's reign was also notable for the start of German immigration into Bohemia and the growth of towns in what had until that point been forest lands.
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 Patron Saints Index: Saint Agnes of Prague
Agnes entered the convent of Saint Saviour herself on Pentecost Sunday 1234, eventually became its abbess, and spent 50 years in the cloister.
Agnes was always free with her wealth in service of the poor.
Agnes of Bohemia, although she lived in a period far removed from ours, still remains a shining example of the Christian faith and heroic charity, which invites us to reflection and imitation.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Agnes of Bohemia
She was the daughter of Ottocar, King of Bohemia and Constance of Hungary, a relative of
At an early age she was sent to the monastery of Treinitz, where at the hands of the Cistercian
Agnes had left him to become the spouse of Christ, he is said to have remarked: "If she had left me for a mortal
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 Saint Agnes of Bohemia - Definition, explanation
Agnes was the daughter of Bohemian king Premysl Otakar I and Constance of Hungary, the sister of King Andrew II of Hungary.
She was entrusted to the Cistercian order at Trzebnica to be educated at the age of three, returning to Prague at the age of 6 for further education.
Agnes then decided to devote her life to religious works, and with the help of Pope Gregory IX, she was eventually given the freedom to devote herself entirely to God.
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 Patron Saints Index: Saint John Nepomucene Neumann
Seminarian at Budweis, Bohemia in 1813, he studied astronomy and botany in addition to theological topics.
When time came for his ordination, the bishop was sick; the date for was never reset because Bohemia had an over-abundance of priests.
Rector of Saint Philomena church in Pittsburgh in 1844.
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 Saint Clare, Virgin, Foundress of the Poor Clares
Later he placed them in a small and humble house, adjacent to his beloved church of St. Damian, on the outskirts of Assisi, and in 1215, when Clare was about twenty-two, he appointed her superior and gave her his rule to live by.
Agnes, daughter of the King of Bohemia, established a nunnery of this order in Prague, and took the habit herself.
Her sister Agnes was with her, as well as three of the early companions of Francis-Leo, Angelo, and Juniper.
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 St. Agnes of Bohemia - Saint of the Day - American Catholic
Agnes had no children of her own but was certainly life-giving for all who knew her.
Agnes was the daughter of Queen Constance and King Ottokar I of Bohemia.
Saint Clare sent five sisters from San Damiano to join them, and wrote Agnes four letters advising her on the beauty of her vocation and her duties as abbess.
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 Iconography of Saint Sebastian, Iconografia di San Sebastiano, Iconographie de Saint-Sébastien
"Saints Nicholas of Tolentino, Roch, Sebastian, and Bernardino of Siena, with Kneeling Donors" (c.
"Saint Sebastian Interceding for the Plague Stricken" (1497-99).
"The Resurrection, with the Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian and the Ascension".
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 September 18 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1505 - Maria of Austria, wife of Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (d.
1663 - St Joseph of Cupertino, Italian saint (b.
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 Bohemia 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Duke Vladislav II of Bohemia (1140-58), King of Bohemia (1158-70), *ca 1110, +Meerane, Thuringia 18.1.1174, bur Strahov monastery, Prague; 1m: 1140 Gertrud of Austria (+4.8.1150); 2m: 1153 Jutta of Thuringia (+9.9.1174)
Agnes, *1244?, +1268, bur Altzelle; m.1244 Margrave Heinrich of Meissen (*1218 +1288)
Duke Heinrich Bretislav of Bohemia and Margrave of Moravia (1193-97), Archbishop of Prague (1182-97), +Cheb 15.6.1197, bur Doksany
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 St Agilulfus and other catholic saints, patron saints, all saints, catholic saint names, catholic saint pictures
A saint is someone who has lived a heroic life and is notable for their holiness, and has met the requirement of two miracles attributed to them, and the Congregation for the Causes of Saints has determine that individual worthy of canonization.
A patron saint is a regular saint who is empowered to act on behalf of humanity in targeted circumstances.
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