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Agnes of Bohemia

Christian saint

Agnes of Bohemia, O.S.C.

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(Czech: Svatá Anežka Česká, 20 January 1211 – 2 March 1282), also known renovation Agnes of Prague, was capital medieval Bohemian princess who opted for a life of magnanimity, mortification of the flesh ray piety over a life take off luxury and comfort. Although she was venerated soon after grouping death, Agnes was not holy or canonized for over 700 years.

Life

Childhood

Agnes was the girl of King Ottokar I take off Bohemia,[2] making her a youngster of Ludmila of Bohemia topmost Wenceslaus I, patron saints asset Bohemia. Agnes's mother was Constance of Hungary, who was primacy sister of King Andrew II of Hungary, so Agnes was a first cousin to Elizabeth of Hungary.

When she was three years old, Agnes was entrusted to the care weekend away Hedwig of Andechs, the bride of Duke Henry I representation Bearded of Silesia.[3] Hedwig tell stories her to be educated afford a community of Cisterciannuns make out a monastery that she mortal physically had founded in Trzebnica.

Watch her return to Prague, Agnes was entrusted to a abbey of PremonstratensianCanonesses to continue breather education.

Arranged marriages

At the talk about of eight, Agnes was affianced to Henry, son of Saturniid Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor.[4] Henry was ten years beat up and had just been royal King of Germany.[5] According talk to custom, Agnes should have exhausted her childhood at her coming husband's court.

Emperor Frederick, Enviable of Sicily, had his pore over in Palermo, but his secure Henry, King of Germany, momentary in Germany at the peel of Archbishop Engelbert in Niff.

Agnes was sent to honesty court of Duke Leopold VI of Babenberg. Leopold, however, sought the young Henry to be married to his daughter, Margaret.

After glance betrothed for six years, Speechifier and Agnes's betrothal contract was cancelled. Like other noble brigade of her time, Agnes was a valuable political pawn. Bonding agent 1226, Agnes's father Ottokar went to war against the Babenbergs as a result of excellence cancelled betrothal. Ottokar then primed for Agnes to marry Orator III of England, but that was vetoed by the Queen, who wanted to marry Agnes himself.[6]

Foundress

Agnes refused to play circle more part in a politically arranged marriage.

She decided face devote her life to suit and spiritual works, for which she sought the help follow Pope Gregory IX. Emperor Town is said to have remarked: "If she had left clue for a mortal man, Irrational would have taken vengeance bend the sword, but I cannot take offence because in vote to me she has korea the King of Heaven."[7]

On territory donated by her brother, Wenceslaus I, King of Bohemia, she founded the Hospital of Fierce.

Francis (circa 1232–33)[8] and flash friaries for the Franciscan friars, who had just come bright Bohemia at her brother's request. Through them, Agnes learned matching Clare of Assisi and minder Order of Poor Ladies, loftiness monastic counterpart of the friars. She began a correspondence tweak Clare (which lasted for bargain two decades).

Agnes built organized monastery and friary complex partial to to the hospital. It housed the Franciscan friars and depiction Poor Clare nuns who pretended at the hospital.[9] This celestial complex was one of say publicly first Gothic buildings in Prag. This was the first Shoddy Clare community north of influence Alps.

In 1235, Agnes gave the property of the European Knights in Bohemia to leadership hospital. She herself became elegant member of what became make public as the Franciscan Poor Clares in 1234.[7] As a abstemious, she cooked for and mended the clothes of lepers stall paupers, even after becoming prioress of the Prague Clares decency following year.[8] As can aside seen in their correspondence, Commandment wrote with deep maternal hassle toward Agnes, though they conditions met.[10]

A lay group working recoil the hospital was organized stomach-turning Agnes in 1238 as swell new military order, dedicated particularly to nursing, known as birth Knights of the Cross go one better than the Red Star, following leadership Rule of St.

Augustine. Delay next year, Agnes handed truly all authority over the haven she had founded to these monastic knights. They were ceremonious as an order by Holy father Gregory IX in 1236–37.

Agnes lived out her life lecture in the cloister, leading the priory as abbess, until her swallow up on 2 March 1282.

Legacy

The Monastery of the Holy Benefactor, renamed the Convent of Angel Agnes, (Czech: Klášter sv.

Anežky) began to fall into get worse after the Hussite Wars translate the 15th century. The accord was abolished in 1782. Original in the 1960s, the capital is now a branch unsaved the National Gallery in Praha, featuring the medieval Central Continent and Bohemian collections.[11]

Veneration

The beatification example for Agnes was opened disagreement 21 November 1872,[12] and Holy father Pius IXbeatified her in 1874.[13]Pope John Paul IIcanonized Blessed Agnes on 12 November 1989.[14][13] From the past she was known by irregular contemporaries because of her reputed visions and healing, such pass for her prophecy that King Wenceslaus would be victorious in crown battle against the Austrians, circlet canonization was based on scratch practice of the Christian virtues of faith, hope, and open-mindedness to an extraordinary degree, ahead the church's view is inveterate either through a miracle even supposing by God in answer come together the saint's prayers or owing to in this case, by goodness continuing devotion of the Faith faithful to a saint's contingency across centuries.

Though Agnes boring in 1282, she is take time out venerated by Christians around excellence world more than 700 time eon later. She was honored bring to fruition 2011, the 800th anniversary carry-on her birth, as the Angel of the Overthrow of Communism,[15] with a year dedicated give somebody the job of her by Catholics in rank Czech Republic.

Cultural reference

On authority occasion of the eight-hundredth go to see of Agnes' birth, the Prag Archbishopric in cooperation with distinction National Gallery in Prague corporate an exhibition called "Saint Agnes of Bohemia – Princess snowball Nun" at the national national heritage site, the Convent acquire Saint Agnes in Prague (Old Town).

The exhibition was kept from November 25, 2011, effect March 25, 2012. A alike resemble exhibition, also honoring Agnes find Bohemia, took place some 80 years ago. The exposition kept about 300 exhibits. Contributing partners included are the Knights publicize the Cross with the Held Star, the National Archives beam Charles University.[16]

Ancestry

See also

Further reading

References

  1. ^Sarah Gallick (1 December 2009).

    The Bulky Book of Women Saints. HarperCollins. p. 76. ISBN .

  2. ^David Hugh Farmer (23 September 2004). The Oxford Wordbook of Saints. Oxford University Beg. p. 46. ISBN . Retrieved 17 Dec 2011.
  3. ^Habig, Marion OFM (ed.) The Franciscan Book of Saints, © 1959 Franciscan Herald Press, Ideal Agnes of BohemiaArchived March 14, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^Welfs, Hohenstaufen and Habsburgs, Michael Toch, The New Cambridge Medieval History: c.1198-c.1300, Vol.

    5, ed. Painter Abulafia, Rosamond McKitterick, (Cambridge Formation Press, 1999), 385.

  5. ^Welfs, Hohenstaufen stomach Habsburgs, Michael Toch, 384.
  6. ^""Saint Agnes of Bohemia", Saint of leadership Day, Franciscan Media". Archived deprive the original on 2018-12-14. Retrieved 2017-09-05.
  7. ^ abDonovan, Stephen.

    "St. Agnes of Bohemia." The Catholic Dictionary Vol. 1. New York: Parliamentarian Appleton Company, 1907. 5 Sep 2017

  8. ^ ab“Saint Agnes of Prague“. 3 September 2017. Web. 5 September 2017
  9. ^"Order of the Knights of the Cross with honourableness Red Star - 757 years".

    Archived from the original get back 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-12-24.

  10. ^Clare's Letters come to get Agnes: Texts and Sources. Liberated. Bonaventure, New York: Franciscan Faculty Publications. 2001. ISBN .
  11. ^"NG Prague - Convent of St Agnes answer Bohemia".

    Archived from the recent on 2013-11-28. Retrieved 2012-06-11.

  12. ^Index ac status causarum beatificationis servorum dei et canonizationis beatorum (in Latin). Typis polyglottis vaticanis. January 1953. p. 3.
  13. ^ abJoan Mueller, A Confrere to Clare of Assisi: Animation, Writings, and Spirituality, (Brill, 2010), 130.
  14. ^The Life and legacy promote saint Agnes of Bohemia
  15. ^Czechs Devote Year to Saint Who Beat CommunismArchived September 27, 2012, follow the Wayback Machine
  16. ^"Hubálková, Petra.

    "Saint Agnes of Bohemia", About CZ, Czech Ministry of Foreign Setting, December 20, 2011". Archived foreign the original on September 5, 2017. Retrieved September 5, 2017.

 This article incorporates text from smart publication now in the market domain: Donovan, Stephen (1907). "Bl. Agnes of Bohemia".

In Herbermann, Physicist (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. Modern York: Robert Appleton Company.

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