Blessed Hroznata of Bohemia

Memorial

• 19 July

Profile

Born to the Bohemian nobility. Brother of Saint Bozena of Bohemia. Married layman. Widower, with both his wife and only child dying suddenly. Founded the Premonstratensian abbey at Tapi, Bavaria, Germany and became a monk there. Thrown into a dungeon by robbers, he was left to die there when they fled with their loot.

Born

• 1160 in Bohemia

Died

• starved to death in 1217

Beatified

• 1897 by Pope Leo XIII

Patronage

• Bohemia

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Hroznata of Bohemia”. Saints.SQPN.com. 12 November 2010. Web. 24 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-hroznata-of-bohemia/>