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Wenceslaus I, Duke o Bohemie

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Wenceslaus I, Duke o Bohemie
Statue o Saunt Wenceslaus in St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague. The heid o the statue apparently fits the meisurments o Wenceslaus' skull.
Martyr
Bornc. 907
Prague, Bohemie
Dee'dSeptember 28, 935
Stará Boleslav, Bohemie
Veneratit inCatholic Kirk an Eastren Orthodox Kirk
Major shrineSt Vitus Cathedral, Prague
FeastSeptember 28
AttributesCroun, dagger, eagle on a banner
PatronageBohemie, Czech Republic, Prague

Wenceslaus I (Czech: Václav [ˈvaːtslaf] ( listen); c. 907 – September 28, 935), or Wenceslas I, wis the duke (kníže) o Bohemie frae 921 till his assassination in 935, purportedly in a plot bi his ain brither, Boleslav the Cruel.