Saint Agnes of Prague
Also known as: Anežka Ceská; Anežka Premyslovna; Agnes of Bohemia
Saint
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
March 2
Died
March 6, 1282
Canonized
12 November 1989 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy
Beatified
28 November 1874 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmation)
Biography
Saint Agnes of Prague, also known as Anežka Ceská or Anežka Premyslovna, was born in 1205 in Prague, Bohemia (modern Czech Republic). She was the youngest daughter of King Ottokar I and Queen Constance of Bohemia, and a relative of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary. The nobility of her birth ensured that she received a privileged upbringing....