One of Bohemia’s largest caves once lay in the Dalejské, or Prokopské, Valley at Hlubočepy. It measured 120 metres and disappeared some time ago because of limestone quarrying. It was called St Procopius’s Cave. Legend says St Procopius translated the Bible there, while devils kept extinguishing his lamp and tempting him in every way. When his patience ran out, he banished them with the cross. But the exit was blocked, so they had to break through the rocky ceiling with their heads and escape that way. This nine-metre-high space was called the Devil’s Hall. The valley was named after the saint, and great St Procopius pilgrimages came to the cave.
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One of Bohemia’s largest caves once lay in the Dalejské, or Prokopské, Valley at Hlubočepy. It measured 120 metres and disappeared some time ago because of limestone quarrying. It was called St Procopius’s Cave. Legend says St Procopius translated the Bible there, while devils kept extinguishing his lamp and tempting him in every way. When his patience ran…
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 270
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.