ST. AGNES DE BOHEMIA
Czech princess,
daughter of Czech King
Přemysl Otakar I.
daughter of Czech King Přemysl Otakar I.
SAINT AGNES
Czech princess and religous.
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Czech princess and religous.
SVATÁ ANEŽKA ČESKÁ
Agnes of the Premyslid dynasty, called Agnes of Bohemia, was born around 1211 as a Czech princess, probably the youngest daughter of Czech King Přemysl Otakar I. and Queen Constance of Hungary. She was one of the most important representatives of the Premyslid dynasty. She acted as a religous - abbess of the convent of Saint Agnes, called Na Františku and was also a significant personality of political, cultural and social life.
At the age of three, Agnes, together with her sister Anna, was sent to a Cistercian monastery in Třebnice and Doksany where she received extensive education. At that time, she was probably engaged with the Silesian Prince Konrad, the son of Henry the Bearded and Duchess Hedwig. However, Konrad died and both sisters returned to Prague Castle. Thereafter, Agnes was sent for two years to the religious to Doksany. In 1225, 14-year-old Agnes returned to Prague.
Together with her brother Wenceslaus I, she founded a hospital in Prague in 1232 in the Old Town, which was extended on the basis of the St. Augustine to monastic rule and whose statutes in 1252 were confirmed by the Pope as a male hospital and the Knights of the Cross with the Red Star. It is the only originally Czech religious order. Its members could only be native Czechs by their father and mother. The Order soon gained great popularity and its monasteries spread. In 1234, on the northeastern edge of the city, in a place later called "Na Františku", Agnes and her brother founded a new double monastery of women and men of the Order of St. Francis, later called the Poor Clares and Minorites. Here she became the superior, and for many other members she was an inspiration.
In 1237, Agnes unsuccessfully tried to establish its own order, based on strict observance of the regulations of the Franciscan order. In 1238, she gave up on the status of abbess and the title, the office remained vacant until her death. For the rest of her life, she cared for the poor, the sick, and those who needed help.
Agnes lived to a remarkable 71 years. Her authorities at the Na Františku Monastery were taken over by her great-niece Kunhuta. Legends of Anezka Premyslovna, famous for her education, charity, mercy and interest in the state representation of the royal dynasty, began to be said immediately after her death. Only in 1874, Agnes was blessed on the initiative of the Archbishop of Prague and Cardinal Bedřich Josef Schwarzenberg by the Pope Pius IX. After another effort, on November 12, 1989, she was canonized by the Pope John Paul II.
Agnes of the Premyslid dynasty, called Agnes of Bohemia, was born around 1211 as a Czech princess, probably the youngest daughter of Czech King Přemysl Otakar I. and Queen Constance of Hungary. She was one of the most important representatives of the Premyslid dynasty. She acted as a religous - abbess of the convent of Saint Agnes, called Na Františku and was also a significant personality of political, cultural and social life.
At the age of three, Agnes, together with her sister Anna, was sent to a Cistercian monastery in Třebnice and Doksany where she received extensive education. At that time, she was probably engaged with the Silesian Prince Konrad, the son of Henry the Bearded and Duchess Hedwig. However, Konrad died and both sisters returned to Prague Castle. Thereafter, Agnes was sent for two years to the religious to Doksany. In 1225, 14-year-old Agnes returned to Prague.
Together with her brother Wenceslaus I, she founded a hospital in Prague in 1232 in the Old Town, which was extended on the basis of the St. Augustine to monastic rule and whose statutes in 1252 were confirmed by the Pope as a male hospital and the Knights of the Cross with the Red Star. It is the only originally Czech religious order. Its members could only be native Czechs by their father and mother. The Order soon gained great popularity and its monasteries spread. In 1234, on the northeastern edge of the city, in a place later called "Na Františku", Agnes and her brother founded a new double monastery of women and men of the Order of St. Francis, later called the Poor Clares and Minorites. Here she became the superior, and for many other members she was an inspiration.
In 1237, Agnes unsuccessfully tried to establish its own order, based on strict observance of the regulations of the Franciscan order. In 1238, she gave up on the status of abbess and the title, the office remained vacant until her death. For the rest of her life, she cared for the poor, the sick, and those who needed help.
Agnes lived to a remarkable 71 years. Her authorities at the Na Františku Monastery were taken over by her great-niece Kunhuta. Legends of Anezka Premyslovna, famous for her education, charity, mercy and interest in the state representation of the royal dynasty, began to be said immediately after her death. Only in 1874, Agnes was blessed on the initiative of the Archbishop of Prague and Cardinal Bedřich Josef Schwarzenberg by the Pope Pius IX. After another effort, on November 12, 1989, she was canonized by the Pope John Paul II.
