This chapter explores Saint Wenceslas through a historical and hagiographical lens, focusing on his life, political choices, martyrdom, and posthumous cult, and showing how he evolved into a dynastic saint and a central religious, political, and national symbol of medieval Bohemia and Czech identity.
University of Naples L'Orientale, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-7578-0430
Vittorio Springfield Tomelleri
University of Turin, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0001-7513-7587
Chapter Title
Intorno a Venceslao
Authors
Olga Kalashnikova, Vittorio Springfield Tomelleri
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0950-2.03
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2026
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Book Title
Incroci testuali e linguistico-culturali nella Slavia Christiana: l’officio slavo per San Venceslao
Book Subtitle
Introduzione, edizione critica e commento
Authors
Vittorio Springfield Tomelleri, Olga Kalashnikova
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
264
Publication Year
2026
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© 2026 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0950-2
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0949-6
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0950-2
Series Title
Biblioteca di Studi Slavistici
Series ISSN
2612-7687
Series E-ISSN
2612-7679