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Also known as

• Ludmilla

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• 16 September

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Daughter of a Slavic prince. Duchess of Bohemia, married to Boriwoi, first Christian Duke of Bohemia; the two were baptized by Saint Methodius in 871. They built the first Christian church in Bohemia, and tried to force Christianity on their subjects; they failed. Widow. Grandmother and tutor of Saint Wenceslaus of Bohemia. Gave a proper burial to Saint Ivan. Her daughter-in-law, Drahomira, jealous of the influence which Ludmilla wielded over her grandson, Wenceslaus, had her murdered.

Born

• 860 at Mielnik (in modern Poland)

Died

• strangled by hired assassins at Tetin, Czech Republic on 15 September 921 on orders of her daughter-in-law due to her influence over Saint Wenceslaus
• at Saint George’s Church, Prague, Czech Republic

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• against in-law problems
• Christian educators
• converts
• duchesses
• mothers
• widows
• –
• Bohemia
• Czech Republic
• –
• Prague, Czech Republic, city of

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• New Catholic Dictionary
• books
  • Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
  • Sacred and Legendary Art, by Anna Jameson
  • Saints and Their Attributes, by Helen Roeder
• other sites in english
  • 1001 Patron Saints and Their Feast Days, Australian Catholic Truth Society
  • Catholic Online
  • Wikipedia
• images
  • Santi e Beati
  • Wikimedia Commons
• sitios en español
  • Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición
• fonti in italiano
  • Martirologio Romano, 2005 edition
  • Santi e Beati
  • Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Ludmila of Bohemia“. CatholicSaints.Info. 22 March 2024. Web. 15 January 2025. <>