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Intorno a Venceslao

  • Olga Kalashnikova
  • Vittorio Springfield Tomelleri

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.

  • Keywords:
  • Saint Wenceslas,
  • Medieval Bohemia,
  • Martyrdom,
  • Dynastic Sanctity,
  • Political SYmbolism,
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Olga Kalashnikova

University of Naples L'Orientale, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-7578-0430

Vittorio Springfield Tomelleri

University of Turin, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0001-7513-7587

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  • Publication Year: 2026
  • Pages: 21-49
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Chapter Information

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

Copyright Information

© 2026 Author(s)

Content License

CC BY 4.0

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CC0 1.0

Bibliographic Information

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

Copyright Information

© 2026 Author(s)

Content License

CC BY 4.0

Metadata License

CC0 1.0

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

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