Christian Saints With Slavic Names
The following list contains only canonized Saints. Beatified Saints with Slavic names (e.g. Saint Ceslaus, Saint Radim) are not included.
Saint Ludmila | |
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Saint Ludmila |
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Saint and Martyr | |
Feast | September 16 |
Patronage | Bohemia |
Saint Casimir | |
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Saint Casimir |
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Confessor | |
Feast | March 4 |
Patronage | Lithuania, Poland, youth |
Saint Casimir | a patron saint of Lithuania, Poland, and the young. |
Saint Ladislaus | a King of Hungary. |
Saint Ludmila | a patron saint of Bohemia and Czech Republic. |
Saint Stanislaus | a patron saint of Poland and Kraków. |
Saint Stanisław Kazimierczyk | a priest and preacher, canonized on 17 October 2010. |
Saint Stanislaus Kostka | a patron saint of Jesuit novices, students, Poland. |
Saint Svorad | a patron saint of Nitra. |
Saint Wenceslaus | a patron saint of Bohemia, Czech Republic and Prague. |
Saint Boris | a knyaz (prince) who baptised Bulgaria. |
Saint Vladimir | a prince who baptised Kievan Rus. |
Saint Wojciech | a patron saint of Bohemia, Poland, and Hungary. |
Saint Zdislava | a patron saint of Diocese of Litoměřice and of Liberec Region. |
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