In the former church of Saints Cosmas and Damian, outside which St Wenceslas was murdered by his brother Boleslav on 28 September 935, stains of Wenceslas’s blood repeatedly reappeared and could not be covered with whitewash. Later, a metal case fitted with thick glass was built around them.
Location and map
- Place
- Brandýs Nad Labem - Stará Boleslav
- Municipality / starting point
- Brandýs Nad Labem - Stará Boleslav
- District / region
- Praha-východ
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 15 km NE of Prahy
In the former church of Saints Cosmas and Damian, outside which St Wenceslas was murdered by his brother Boleslav on 28 September 935, stains of Wenceslas’s blood repeatedly reappeared and could not be covered with whitewash. Later, a metal case fitted with thick glass was built around them.
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Approximate location · municipality or area search. The distance comes from the sources, not a currently calculated route.
Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 68
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.