Blessed Hroznata

Memorial: 19 July
Profile: Born to the Bohemian nobility. Brother of Saint Bozena. Married layman. Widower, with both his wife and only child dying suddenly. Founded the Premonstratensian abbey at Tapi, Bavaria, 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
Canonized: pending
Patronage: Bohemia
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