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SAINT OF THE DAY (August 16)
On August 16, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of King Saint Stephen of Hungary, the monarch who led his country to embrace the Christian faith during the 11th century.
Before the future saint's birth in 975, his mother, the Duchess Sarolt, is said to have received a vision in which the original Saint Stephen – the Church's first martyr – appeared telling her she would bear a son who would evangelize their land.
Together with her husband, the Hungarian Duke Geza, Sarolt is believed to have been converted and baptized by the bishop Saint Adalbert of Prague.
The same saint baptized their son Vaik in 985, giving him the name of Stephen.
Geza had desired to convert the Hungarians to the Catholic faith, a passion shared by Stephen once he reached adulthood and succeeded him in power.
After conclusively defeating an alliance of rival pagan nobility, he used their acquired wealth to build a monastery and invited clergy to convert the people.
Stephen established laws favoring Christianity over paganism and sent an emissary to Rome with a request for the Pope to proclaim him as king.
Pope Sylvester II accepted the request, sending him a crown and a gold processional cross, while also giving Stephen certain religious privileges.
He showed great diligence as king, while devoting the rest of his time to his religious duties – including charity toward the poor and sick, as well as the worship of God – and to his household.
Gisela, Stephen's wife, was the sister of the ruler later canonized as the Holy Roman Emperor Saint Henry II.
Greatly devoted to the Virgin Mary, Stephen had several churches built in her honor both in Hungary and outside the kingdom.
Her intercession is credited with preventing a war between Hungary and the Holy Roman Empire under Conrad II, and stopping an assassination plot against Stephen himself.
The Hungarian king also established a monastery in Jerusalem and set up institutions to aid pilgrims in other major cities.
Stephen counted saints among his friends and correspondents, and fulfilled the Pope's charge to use his royal authority for the good of the Church.
Suffering came to the king, however, when only one of his children survived to adulthood.
Stephen's only living son Emeric received a strong Catholic upbringing and was expected to succeed his father.
But Emeric died before Stephen after a hunting accident in 1031.
Emeric was later canonized as a saint in his own right, and Stephen eventually came to rejoice that his son had been permitted to enter God's presence before him.
The king's final years, however, were marked by illness as well as a succession dispute among his relatives.
In 1038, on the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Stephen delivered his final words to leaders of the Church and state, telling them to protect and spread the Catholic faith.
To the Virgin Mary, the king directed one of his final prayers:
“To thee, O Queen of heaven, and to thy guardianship, I commend the holy Church, all the bishops and the clergy, the whole kingdom, its rulers and inhabitants; but before all, I commend my soul to thy care.”
Stephen of Hungary died on 15 August 1038.
He was buried alongside his son St. Emeric, and the two were canonized together in 1083.
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The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saints Vitus, Wenceslaus and Adalbert is a Catholic metropolitan cathedral in Prague, and the seat of the Archbishop of Prague. Until 1997, the cathedral was dedicated only to Saint Vitus, and is still commonly named only as St. Vitus Cathedral.
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THE DESCRPTION OF SAINT ADALBERT OF PRAGUE
The Patron of the Archdiocese of Esztergom
Feast Day: April 23
The patron of Bohemia, Poland, Hungary and Prussia, was born Vojtech in circa 956 AD in Libice nad Cidlinou, Duchy of Bohemia (modern-day Czech Republic) to a noble Czech family.
After studying for two decades under Adalbert of Magdeburg, he changed his baptismal name of Vojtech to Adalbert, as a token of gratitude for his beloved mentor. He was ordained a priest in 980 by Dietmar of Prague, and two years later at the young age of 26, he became the bishop of Prague. Despite the fact that he belonged to a rich family, he led a poor and simple lifestyle. Adalbert was noted for his charity, austerity, and zealous apostolate.
Although Bohemia was a Christian country, many pagan beliefs were still deeply embedded in the minds of the people. He fought valiantly against polygamy, idolatry, and the slave trade.
In 988, Adalbert resigned from his diocese and went to Rome, where he lived as a hermit in the Benedictine monastery of St. Alexis (now called Santi Bonifacio ed Alessio). Five years later, Pope John XV sent him back as bishop of Prague.
In 995, due to political struggles, his brothers were killed, and Adalbert flew to Hungary and Poland. He went as a missionary to Prussia. It was a standard procedure of Christian missionaries to try to chop down sacred oak trees, which were believed to be inhabited by powerful spirits.
Since he attempted to enter the sacred oak groves near Primorsk on April 23, 997, he was received the crown of martyrdom.
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Holidays 4.23
Holidays
Alfred G. “Alferd” Packer Day (Colorado)
Aragon Day (Spain)
Army Reserves Day (US)
Asian Corpsetwt Day [Every 23rd]
Boice Day (South Korea)
Book Day (Canada)
Book Day and Lover's Day (Spain)
Bulldogs Are Beautiful Day
Castile and León Day (Spain)
Children’s Day (Turkey)
Community Day (Spain)
Content Creator Day
Copyright Day
Day of Aragon (Spain)
Day of Books and Roses (Catalonia, Spain)
Drive It Day (UK)
Electric Mixer Day
English Language Day (UN)
Flag Day (England)
George Castriota Day (Albania)
Hawthorn Day (French Republic)
Impossible Astronaut Day (Dr. Who)
International Choro Day
International Creator Day
International Day of the Book
International Fibrodyysolasia Ossificans Progressive Awareness Day
International Nose Picking Day
International Pallas Cat Day
International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day
International Share a Secret Day
International Sing Out Day
Jurgi Day (Ancient Latvia)
Khongjom Day (Manipur, India)
La Diada de Sant Jordi (Catalonia, Spain)
Linnaeus Day (Sweden)
London Marathon Day (UK)
Lover's Day
Movie Theater Day
National Bryan Day
National Email Day
National Grief-in-Public Day
National Lost Dog Awareness Day
National Lover’s Day
National Lugaw Day (Philippines)
National Read Me Day
National Sovereignty and Children’s Day (Turkey, Northern Cyprus)
National Take a Hike with Nick Day
National Vagina Appreciation Day
Navy Day (China)
Penny Day
Pet Tech CPR Day
Psychologist Day (Ukraine)
Public School Day
Sigurd the Dragon Slayer's Day
Slay a Dragon Day
Spanish Language Day (UN)
Take a Chance Day
Talk Like Shakespeare Day
Teach Your Children To Save Day
Veterans Day (Estonia)
Visalia Priora
Wild Hyacinth Day
World Book Day (UN; except Ireland, UK)
World Book Night (Ireland, Germany, UK, US)
World Laboratory Day
World Table Tennis Day
YouTube Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Allagash Saison Day [original date]
Bavarian Beer Day
Biertag (Germany)
Cherry Cheesecake Day
German Beer Day
International Cava Day
International Reinheitsgebot Day
National Asparagus Day (UK)
National English Muffin Day
National Licorice Day
National Picnic Day
National Taffy Day
New Coke Day
St. George's Day (traditional end of Bavarian lager brewing season)
4th Tuesday in April
National Library Day [Tuesday of Library Week]
National Library Workers Day [Tuesday of Library Week]
School Bus Driver’s Day [4th Tuesday]
Weekly Holidays beginning April 23 (4th Week)
Global Road Safety Week (UN) [thru 23-29]
National Princess Week (thru 4.29)
Independence & Related Days
Australland (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized)
Conch Republic (Declared; 1982) [unrecognized)
Israel (a.k.a. Yom Ha’atzmaut; Declared; 1948)
National Sovereignty Day, Day 2 (Turkey)
Festivals Beginning April 23, 2024
Les Printemps de Bourges (Bourges, France) [thru 4.28]
London Marathon (London, England)
Feast Days
Adalbert of Prague (Christian; Saint)
Antoine Vollon (Artology)
Cervantes (Writerism)
Chance Day (Shamanism)
Cynical Bastards Day (Pastafarian)
Day of the Glorious Fuckup (Church of the SubGenius)
Feast of Hephaestus (Greek Blacksmith God & Brewer)
Felix, Fortunatus, and Achilleus (Christian; Martyrs)
Festival of Saint Sarah the Egyptian (Sara Kali the Black Queen; Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France) begins [until 25th]
George [England, traditional end of Bavarian lager brewing season] *
Gerard, Bishop of Toul (Christian; Saint)
Giles of Assisi (Christian; Saint)
Gerard of Toul (Christian; Saint)
The Goddess is Alive Day (Everyday Wicca)
Ibar (a.k.a. Ivor) of Beggerin (or Meath; Christian; Saint)
Ji-Young (Muppetism)
J.M.W. Turner (Artology)
J.P. Donleavy (Writerism)
Miltiades (Positivist; Saint)
Shakespeare Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Snood Day (Celtic Book of Days)
Toyohiko Kagawa (Episcopal and Lutheran Church)
Vinalia Urbana (a.k.a. Vinalia Prima or Priora; Ancient Roman wine festival)
Vulcan's Day (Ancient Rome)
Walpurgisnacht, Day I (Pagan)
William Shakespeare (Writerism)
Lunar Calendar Holidays
Full Moon [4th of the Year] (a.k.a. ...
Awakening Moon (Neo-Pagan)
Breaking Ice Moon (Traditional)
Budding Moon of Plants and Shrubs (Traditional)
Egg Moon (Alternate)
Fish Moon (Alternate)
Flower Moon (Cherokee)
Gold Star Spouses Day
Grass Moon (Alternate, North America)
Growing Moon (Celtic)
Hunter’s Moon (South Africa)
Moon When the Ducks Come Back (Traditional)
Peony Moon (China)
Pink Moon (Amer. Indian, Traditional)
Planter’s Moon (Colonial)
Seed Moon (England, Wicca)
Southern Hemisphere: Blood, Harvest, Hunter’s
Wildcat Moon (Choctaw)
God of Medicine Day (Taiwan) [15th Day, 3rd Month]
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Prime Number Day: 113 [30 of 72]
Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]
Premieres
The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It, by Richard Hofstadter (Political Theory; 1948)
Benny & Joon (Film; 1993)
Black and Blue, by The Rolling Stones (Album; 1976)
The Black Marble, by Joseph Wambaugh (Novel; 1978)
Cherrybomb (Film; 2009)
Dogville (Film; 2003)
Election (Film; 1999)
The Excursions of Mr. Brouček to the Moon and to the 15th Century, by Leoš Janáček (Opera; 1920)
Fall Out - Fall In (Disney Cartoon; 1943)
Frog Jog (Tijuana Toads Cartoon; 1972)
Gregory’s Girl (Film; 1981)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou (Autobiography; 1969)
Indian Summer (Film; 1993)
A Jolly Good Furlough (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1943)
Lemonade, by Beyoncé (Album; 2016)
Man on Fire (Film; 2004)
Merry Wives of Windsor, by William Shakespeare (Play; 1597)
Nexus, by Henry Miller (Novel; 1959) [Rosy Crucifixion #3]
The Penguin Parade (WB MM Cartoon; 1938)
Ramones, by Ramones (Album; 1976)
Return to Paradise, by James A. Michener (Novel; 1951)
Shadow and Bone (TV Series; 2021)
Sita Sings the Blues (Animated Film; 2010)
Snow Place Like Home (Chilly Willy Cartoon; 1966)
Sticky Fingers, by The Rolling Stones (Album; 1971)
The Stories of John Cheever, by John Cheever (Short Story Collection; 1979)
Symphony No. 1 in C Major, by Mily Balakirev (Symphony; 1898)
Symphony No. 2 in D Minor, by Mily Balakirev (Symphony; 1909)
Teen Titans Go! (Animated Film; 2013)
There’s Good Boos To-Night (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1948)
13 Going on 30 (Film; 2004)
Touch of Evil (Film; 1958)
Two for the Record (Disney Cartoon; 1954)
When I Was Cruel, by Elvis Costello (Album; 2002)
Who Scent You? (WB LT Cartoon; 1960)
Today’s Name Days
Adalbert, Georg, Jörg, Jürgen (Austria)
Toma, Tomislav, Tomislava (Bulgaria)
Adalbert, Đurđica, Đuro, Juraj (Croatia)
Vojtěch (Czech Republic)
Georgius (Denmark)
Georg, Jürgen, Jürgo, Jüri, Jürjo, Jürnas, Jüts, Ürjo (Estonia)
Jiri, Jori, Jyri, Jyrki, Yrjänä, Yrjö (Finland)
Georges (France)
Georg, Gerhard, Jörg, Jürgen (Germany)
Georgios, Giorgos, Thomas, Yorgos (Greece)
Béla (Hungary)
Giorgio (Italy)
Georgs, Jorens, Jurģis, Juris (Latvia)
Adalbertas, Daugaudas, Jurgis, Vygailė (Lithuania)
Georg, Jørgen, Jørn (Norway)
Adalbert, Gerard, Gerarda, Gerhard, Helena, Jerzy, Wojciech (Poland)
Gheorghe (Romania)
Vojtech (Slovakia)
Jorge (Spain)
Georg, Göran (Sweden)
George (Ukraine)
Brayan, Breana, Breanna, Breanne, Brian, Briana, Brianna, Brianne, Brielle, Brien, Briona, Bryan, Bryana, Bryanna, Bryant, Brynn, Bryon, Shirlee, Shirleen, Shirley (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 114 of 2024; 252 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 2 of week 17 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Saille (Willow) [Day 10 of 28]
Chinese: Month 3 (Wu-Chen), Day 15 (Ding-Si)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 15 Nisan 5784
Islamic: 14 Shawwal 1445
J Cal: 24 Cyan; Threesday [23 of 30]
Julian: 10 April 2024
Moon: 100%: Full Moon
Positivist: 2 Caesar (5th Month) [Leonidas]
Runic Half Month: Man (Human Being) [Day 14 of 15]
Season: Spring (Day 36 of 92)
Week: 4th Week of April
Zodiac: Taurus (Day 4 of 31)
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Holidays 4.23
Holidays
Alfred G. “Alferd” Packer Day (Colorado)
Aragon Day (Spain)
Army Reserves Day (US)
Asian Corpsetwt Day [Every 23rd]
Boice Day (South Korea)
Book Day (Canada)
Book Day and Lover's Day (Spain)
Bulldogs Are Beautiful Day
Castile and León Day (Spain)
Children’s Day (Turkey)
Community Day (Spain)
Content Creator Day
Copyright Day
Day of Aragon (Spain)
Day of Books and Roses (Catalonia, Spain)
Drive It Day (UK)
Electric Mixer Day
English Language Day (UN)
Flag Day (England)
George Castriota Day (Albania)
Hawthorn Day (French Republic)
Impossible Astronaut Day (Dr. Who)
International Choro Day
International Creator Day
International Day of the Book
International Fibrodyysolasia Ossificans Progressive Awareness Day
International Nose Picking Day
International Pallas Cat Day
International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day
International Share a Secret Day
International Sing Out Day
Jurgi Day (Ancient Latvia)
Khongjom Day (Manipur, India)
La Diada de Sant Jordi (Catalonia, Spain)
Linnaeus Day (Sweden)
London Marathon Day (UK)
Lover's Day
Movie Theater Day
National Bryan Day
National Email Day
National Grief-in-Public Day
National Lost Dog Awareness Day
National Lover’s Day
National Lugaw Day (Philippines)
National Read Me Day
National Sovereignty and Children’s Day (Turkey, Northern Cyprus)
National Take a Hike with Nick Day
National Vagina Appreciation Day
Navy Day (China)
Penny Day
Pet Tech CPR Day
Psychologist Day (Ukraine)
Public School Day
Sigurd the Dragon Slayer's Day
Slay a Dragon Day
Spanish Language Day (UN)
Take a Chance Day
Talk Like Shakespeare Day
Teach Your Children To Save Day
Veterans Day (Estonia)
Visalia Priora
Wild Hyacinth Day
World Book Day (UN; except Ireland, UK)
World Book Night (Ireland, Germany, UK, US)
World Laboratory Day
World Table Tennis Day
YouTube Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Allagash Saison Day [original date]
Bavarian Beer Day
Biertag (Germany)
Cherry Cheesecake Day
German Beer Day
International Cava Day
International Reinheitsgebot Day
National Asparagus Day (UK)
National English Muffin Day
National Licorice Day
National Picnic Day
National Taffy Day
New Coke Day
St. George's Day (traditional end of Bavarian lager brewing season)
4th Tuesday in April
National Library Day [Tuesday of Library Week]
National Library Workers Day [Tuesday of Library Week]
School Bus Driver’s Day [4th Tuesday]
Weekly Holidays beginning April 23 (4th Week)
Global Road Safety Week (UN) [thru 23-29]
National Princess Week (thru 4.29)
Independence & Related Days
Australland (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized)
Conch Republic (Declared; 1982) [unrecognized)
Israel (a.k.a. Yom Ha’atzmaut; Declared; 1948)
National Sovereignty Day, Day 2 (Turkey)
Festivals Beginning April 23, 2024
Les Printemps de Bourges (Bourges, France) [thru 4.28]
London Marathon (London, England)
Feast Days
Adalbert of Prague (Christian; Saint)
Antoine Vollon (Artology)
Cervantes (Writerism)
Chance Day (Shamanism)
Cynical Bastards Day (Pastafarian)
Day of the Glorious Fuckup (Church of the SubGenius)
Feast of Hephaestus (Greek Blacksmith God & Brewer)
Felix, Fortunatus, and Achilleus (Christian; Martyrs)
Festival of Saint Sarah the Egyptian (Sara Kali the Black Queen; Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France) begins [until 25th]
George [England, traditional end of Bavarian lager brewing season] *
Gerard, Bishop of Toul (Christian; Saint)
Giles of Assisi (Christian; Saint)
Gerard of Toul (Christian; Saint)
The Goddess is Alive Day (Everyday Wicca)
Ibar (a.k.a. Ivor) of Beggerin (or Meath; Christian; Saint)
Ji-Young (Muppetism)
J.M.W. Turner (Artology)
J.P. Donleavy (Writerism)
Miltiades (Positivist; Saint)
Shakespeare Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Snood Day (Celtic Book of Days)
Toyohiko Kagawa (Episcopal and Lutheran Church)
Vinalia Urbana (a.k.a. Vinalia Prima or Priora; Ancient Roman wine festival)
Vulcan's Day (Ancient Rome)
Walpurgisnacht, Day I (Pagan)
William Shakespeare (Writerism)
Lunar Calendar Holidays
Full Moon [4th of the Year] (a.k.a. ...
Awakening Moon (Neo-Pagan)
Breaking Ice Moon (Traditional)
Budding Moon of Plants and Shrubs (Traditional)
Egg Moon (Alternate)
Fish Moon (Alternate)
Flower Moon (Cherokee)
Gold Star Spouses Day
Grass Moon (Alternate, North America)
Growing Moon (Celtic)
Hunter’s Moon (South Africa)
Moon When the Ducks Come Back (Traditional)
Peony Moon (China)
Pink Moon (Amer. Indian, Traditional)
Planter’s Moon (Colonial)
Seed Moon (England, Wicca)
Southern Hemisphere: Blood, Harvest, Hunter’s
Wildcat Moon (Choctaw)
God of Medicine Day (Taiwan) [15th Day, 3rd Month]
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Prime Number Day: 113 [30 of 72]
Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]
Premieres
The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It, by Richard Hofstadter (Political Theory; 1948)
Benny & Joon (Film; 1993)
Black and Blue, by The Rolling Stones (Album; 1976)
The Black Marble, by Joseph Wambaugh (Novel; 1978)
Cherrybomb (Film; 2009)
Dogville (Film; 2003)
Election (Film; 1999)
The Excursions of Mr. Brouček to the Moon and to the 15th Century, by Leoš Janáček (Opera; 1920)
Fall Out - Fall In (Disney Cartoon; 1943)
Frog Jog (Tijuana Toads Cartoon; 1972)
Gregory’s Girl (Film; 1981)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou (Autobiography; 1969)
Indian Summer (Film; 1993)
A Jolly Good Furlough (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1943)
Lemonade, by Beyoncé (Album; 2016)
Man on Fire (Film; 2004)
Merry Wives of Windsor, by William Shakespeare (Play; 1597)
Nexus, by Henry Miller (Novel; 1959) [Rosy Crucifixion #3]
The Penguin Parade (WB MM Cartoon; 1938)
Ramones, by Ramones (Album; 1976)
Return to Paradise, by James A. Michener (Novel; 1951)
Shadow and Bone (TV Series; 2021)
Sita Sings the Blues (Animated Film; 2010)
Snow Place Like Home (Chilly Willy Cartoon; 1966)
Sticky Fingers, by The Rolling Stones (Album; 1971)
The Stories of John Cheever, by John Cheever (Short Story Collection; 1979)
Symphony No. 1 in C Major, by Mily Balakirev (Symphony; 1898)
Symphony No. 2 in D Minor, by Mily Balakirev (Symphony; 1909)
Teen Titans Go! (Animated Film; 2013)
There’s Good Boos To-Night (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1948)
13 Going on 30 (Film; 2004)
Touch of Evil (Film; 1958)
Two for the Record (Disney Cartoon; 1954)
When I Was Cruel, by Elvis Costello (Album; 2002)
Who Scent You? (WB LT Cartoon; 1960)
Today’s Name Days
Adalbert, Georg, Jörg, Jürgen (Austria)
Toma, Tomislav, Tomislava (Bulgaria)
Adalbert, Đurđica, Đuro, Juraj (Croatia)
Vojtěch (Czech Republic)
Georgius (Denmark)
Georg, Jürgen, Jürgo, Jüri, Jürjo, Jürnas, Jüts, Ürjo (Estonia)
Jiri, Jori, Jyri, Jyrki, Yrjänä, Yrjö (Finland)
Georges (France)
Georg, Gerhard, Jörg, Jürgen (Germany)
Georgios, Giorgos, Thomas, Yorgos (Greece)
Béla (Hungary)
Giorgio (Italy)
Georgs, Jorens, Jurģis, Juris (Latvia)
Adalbertas, Daugaudas, Jurgis, Vygailė (Lithuania)
Georg, Jørgen, Jørn (Norway)
Adalbert, Gerard, Gerarda, Gerhard, Helena, Jerzy, Wojciech (Poland)
Gheorghe (Romania)
Vojtech (Slovakia)
Jorge (Spain)
Georg, Göran (Sweden)
George (Ukraine)
Brayan, Breana, Breanna, Breanne, Brian, Briana, Brianna, Brianne, Brielle, Brien, Briona, Bryan, Bryana, Bryanna, Bryant, Brynn, Bryon, Shirlee, Shirleen, Shirley (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 114 of 2024; 252 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 2 of week 17 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Saille (Willow) [Day 10 of 28]
Chinese: Month 3 (Wu-Chen), Day 15 (Ding-Si)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 15 Nisan 5784
Islamic: 14 Shawwal 1445
J Cal: 24 Cyan; Threesday [23 of 30]
Julian: 10 April 2024
Moon: 100%: Full Moon
Positivist: 2 Caesar (5th Month) [Leonidas]
Runic Half Month: Man (Human Being) [Day 14 of 15]
Season: Spring (Day 36 of 92)
Week: 4th Week of April
Zodiac: Taurus (Day 4 of 31)
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SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 23
ST. ADALBERT, BISHOP OF PRAGUE AND MARTYR
Adalbert was the first Slavic Bishop of Prague. After studying at Magdeburg, he attempted to evangelize the city, but with little success; so he went to Rome and became a Benedictine monk. Later he went as a missionary to northern Europe, and in 997 he was martyred along the Baltic coast. April 23
St. George, Martyr, Patron of England & Catalonia. Pictures of St. George usually show him killing a dragon to rescue a beautiful lady. The dragon stands for wickedness. The lady stands for God's holy truth. St. George was a brave martyr who was victorious over the devil. He was a soldier in the army of the Roman Emperor Diocletian, and he was one of the Emperor's favorite soldiers. Now Diocletian was a pagan and a bitter enemy to the Christians. He put to death every Christian he could find. George was a brave Christian, a real soldier of Christ. Without fear, he went to the Emperor and sternly scolded him for being so cruel. Then he gave up his position in the Roman army. For this he was tortured in many terrible ways and finally beheaded.
So boldly daring and so cheerful was St. George in declaring his Faith and in dying for it that Christians felt courage when they heard about it. Many songs and poems were written about this martyr. Soldiers, especially, have always been devoted to him. We all have some "dragon" we have to conquer. It might be pride, or anger, or laziness, or greediness, or something else. Let us make sure we fight against these "dragons", with God's help. Then we can call ourselves real soldiers of Christ. .
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/04/23/st--george--martyr.html
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Today we celebrate the Blessed Memorial of St. Adalbert of Prague. Pray for us! Read up on this Holy man of God. As we continue on this joyous season of Eastertide, take a moment now to listen to the Mass readings and Psalm for today, drawing closer to Our Risen Lord. God love you.
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The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saints Vitus, Wenceslaus and Adalbert
St. Vitus Cathedral is the largest and the most important temple in Prague. Apart from religious services, coronations of Czech kings and queens also took place here. The cathedral is a place of burial of several patron saints, sovereigns, noblemen and archbishops.
Who was Saint Vitus?
St. Vitus was the son of a pagan Sicilian senator. Vitus became a Christian under the influence of his Christian tutor Modestus and his Christian nurse Crescentia. He died as a martyr during the persecution of Christians by co-ruling Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian in 303. Vitus is counted as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers of medieval Roman Catholicism. He is the patron of epileptics, those afflicted with St. Vitus' Dance (named after him}, dancers, and actors, and is a protector against storms. His feast day is June 15th.
16th century Germans believed they could get a year’s good health by dancing before the statue of Saint Vitus on his feast day. This dancing developed almost into a mania, and was confused with a “nervous disease” and the saint being invoked against it. But that connection with such manic “dancing” led on to his patronage of dancers, and later of entertainers in general.
ᛏ Eastern facade of the cathedral. ᛏ
Basic Facts:
Architect(s): Peter Parler, Matthias of Arras
Style: Gothic
Site of two previous churches (the first being an early Romanesque rotunda founded by Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia in 930; 1060 saw the building of a much larger Romanesque Basilica)
Current church built between 1344 and 1929
The St. Vitus Cathedral is part of the larger Prague Castle. Upon entering you can see the Gothic towers of St. Vitus poking their heads out above all the other red roof buildings surrounding it. 𐰸 𐰸
𐰸 Visitors enter the Cathedral through the portal in the western facade, opposite the passage-way between the Second and Third Courtyard of Prague Castle. 𐰸
Its bronze door is decorated with reliefs with scenes from the history of the Cathedral and from the legends about St. Wenceslaus and St. Adalbert. 𐰸 𐰸
𐰸 The Neo-Gothic part of the Cathedral consists of the main nave and the narrow side aisles, lined with chapels, and the northern wing of the transverse nave. 𐰸 𐰸
In the cross nave, the ceremonial entrance into the Cathedral can be seen - the Golden Gate - leading to the Third Courtyard. 𐰸 𐰸
Another fascinating feature of the Golden Gate is the many figurines attached to the it. 𐰸 𐰸
𐰸 True to Gothic form, the cathedral is home to many gargoyles. 𐰸
St. Wenceslaus Chapel
Who is St. Wenceslaus and why was he so revered by the Czech people?
Born in 907, Wenceslas was a member of the Přemysl dynasty that would rule Bohemia from the ninth century to 1306. Wenceslas (Václav in Czech) served as duke of Bohemia from 921 until his death in 929 or 935. Though he died young, this martyr’s accomplishments were many. He built numerous churches in Bohemia and was deeply respected as a pious, moral, educated and intelligent man who promoted the Christian faith and took care of the poor, the sick, the widowed and the orphaned by doing charitable deeds. He even founded the rotunda of Saint Vitus at Prague Castle. Wenceslaus is the first Czech saint and the patron saint of the Czech state.
𐰸 The St. Wenceslaus Chapel 𐰸
The chapel is a cult centre of St. Vitus Cathedral, and contains the relics of St. Wenceslaus. It was constructed between 1344 and 1364. Above the altar, is a Gothic statue of the saint created by Jindrich Parler (Peter's nephew) in 1373. Its magnificent decoration and the different conception of its architecture emphasize its singularity as the central point of the Cathedral with the tomb of the most important Czech patron saint. The facing of the walls, consisting of precious stones, and the wall paintings of the Passion Cycle are parts of the original 14th-century decoration of the chapel. The scenes from the life of St. Wenceslaus form another decorative band are attributed to the workshop of the Master of the Litomerice Altar (the cycle dates back to 1509).
𐰸 Another view of the chapel where you can see the rib vaults and the intricate detail of the decoration. 𐰸
The door in the south-western corner of the chapel leads to the Crown Chamber in which the Bohemian Coronation Jewels are kept. 𐰸 𐰸
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Gargoyle of The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saints Vitus, Wenceslaus and Adalbert or simply known as St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague.
Artist: Adam R.Paul
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St. Vitus Cathedral is the largest and the most important temple in Prague. Apart from religious services, coronations of Czech kings and queens also took place here. The cathedral is a place of burial of several patron saints, sovereigns, noblemen and archbishops.
St. Vitus Cathedral
(The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saints Vitus, Wenceslaus and Adalbert)
Prague, Czech Republic 🇨🇿
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Easter II, Memorials of the Saints - 23 April
The Second Sunday of Easter
St George (died c 303) Martyr Soldier. St George is commemorated and remembered as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers and one of the most prominent military Saints, he is immortalised in the myth of Saint George and the Dragon.St George!https://anastpaul.wordpress.com/2018/04/23/saint-of-the-day-23-april-st-george-died-c-303-martyr/
St Adalbert of Prague (c 957-997)…
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SAINT OF THE DAY (August 16)
On August 16, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of King Saint Stephen of Hungary, the monarch who led his country to embrace the Christian faith during the 11th century.
Before the future saint's birth in 975, his mother, the duchess Sarolt, is said to have received a vision in which the original Saint Stephen – the Church's first martyr – appeared telling her she would bear a son who would evangelize their land.
Together with her husband, the Hungarian duke Geza, Sarolt is believed to have been converted and baptized by the bishop Saint Adalbert of Prague.
The same saint baptized their son Vaik in 985, giving him the name of Stephen.
Geza had desired to convert the Hungarians to the Catholic faith, a passion shared by Stephen once he reached adulthood and succeeded him in power.
After conclusively defeating an alliance of rival pagan nobility, he used their acquired wealth to build a monastery and invited clergy to convert the people.
Stephen established laws favoring Christianity over paganism and sent an emissary to Rome with a request for the Pope to proclaim him as king.
Pope Sylvester II accepted the request, sending him a crown and a gold processional cross, while also giving Stephen certain religious privileges.
He showed great diligence as king, while devoting the rest of his time to his religious duties – including charity toward the poor and sick, as well as the worship of God – and to his household.
Gisela, Stephen's wife, was the sister of the ruler later canonized as the Holy Roman Emperor Saint Henry II.
Greatly devoted to the Virgin Mary, Stephen had several churches built in her honor both in Hungary and outside the kingdom.
Her intercession is credited with preventing a war between Hungary and the Holy Roman Empire under Conrad II, and stopping an assassination plot against Stephen himself.
The Hungarian king also established a monastery in Jerusalem and set up institutions to aid pilgrims in other major cities.
Stephen counted saints among his friends and correspondents. He fulfilled the Pope's charge to use his royal authority for the good of the Church.
Suffering came to the king, however, when only one of his children survived to adulthood.
Stephen's only living son Emeric received a strong Catholic upbringing and was expected to succeed his father. But Emeric died before Stephen, after a hunting accident in 1031.
Emeric was later canonized as a saint in his own right, and Stephen eventually came to rejoice that his son had been permitted to enter God's presence before him.
The king's final years, however, were marked by illness as well as a succession dispute among his relatives.
In 1038, on the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Stephen delivered his final words to leaders of the Church and state, telling them to protect and spread the Catholic faith.
To the Virgin Mary, the king directed one of his final prayers:
“To thee, O Queen of heaven, and to thy guardianship, I commend the holy Church, all the bishops and the clergy, the whole kingdom, its rulers and inhabitants; but before all, I commend my soul to thy care.”
St. Stephen of Hungary died on 15 August 1038. He was buried alongside his son St. Emeric, and the two were canonized together in 1083.
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Millennium of Prague Latin Episcopal See
Vatican City, 1973
St. Wenceslaus of Bohemia (feastday: 28 September)
Archdiocesan coat of arms
Spire of Prague Cathedral of St. Vitus
St. Adalbert of Prague (feastday: 23 April)
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