Tato socha Anezky Ceske se nachazi na Vaclavskem namesti v Praze, v Ceske republice.
Podle Wikipedie, "Anežka Ceská (1211–1282) se narodila mezi roky 1205 a 1211 okolo 21. ledna, na svátek sv. Anežky Rímské, po které dostala jméno, jako ceská princezna, pravdepodobne nejmladší dcera ceského krále Premysla Otakara I. a královny Konstancie Uherské. Patrila k nejvýznamnejším predstavitelkám panovnické dynastie Premyslovcu. Pusobila jako reholnice – abatyše kláštera Na Františku a byla také výraznou osobností politického, kulturního a spolecenského života.
O kanonizaci Anežky Ceské usilovala již její prapraneter, královna Eliška Premyslovna; z jejího podnetu byl mezi léty 1316–1328 sepsán latinsky Anežcin životopis (preložený do ceštiny roku 1932). Na lokální oslavu Anežky navázal také císar Karel IV., ale ani jeho snaha nebyla dovršena procesem papežské kurie.
Také v dobe baroka, již od konce tricetileté války byla Anežka oslavována, nejprve jezuity (Albrecht Chanovský z Dlouhé Vsi, Jan Tanner, Bohuslav Balbín), a dále cleny rádu križovníku s cervenou hvezdou, z nichž Jan František Beckovský sepsal ceskou legendu. Teprve roku 1874 byla Anežka z podnetu pražského arcibiskupa a kardinála Bedricha Josefa Schwarzenberga papežem Piem IX. prohlášena za blahoslavenou. Po dalším úsilí ji 12. listopadu 1989 papež Jan Pavel II. svatorecil".
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This statue of Agnes of Bohemia is located on Wenceslaus Square in Prague, Czech Republic.
According to Wikipedia, "Agnes of Bohemia (Czech: Svatá Anežka Ceská, 1211–1282), also known as Agnes of Prague, was a medieval Bohemian princess, the daughter of King Ottokar I of Bohemia. She was the
descendant of Saint Ludmila and Saint Wenceslaus, patron saints of Bohemia. Agnes' mother was Constance of Hungary, who was the sister of King Andrew II of Hungary, so Agnes was a first cousin to St. Elizabeth of Hungary. As a young woman, she opted for a life of charity, mortification of the flesh and piety over a life of luxury and comfort. Although she was venerated soon after her death, Agnes was not beatified or canonized for over 700 years.
Agnes was beatified only in 1874. Pope John Paul II canonized Blessed Agnes a few days before the Velvet Revolution, a non-violent revolution in Czechoslovakia that saw the overthrow of the authoritarian Communist government. While she was known by her contemporaries because of her supposed visions and healing, such as her prophecy that King Wenceslaus would be victorious in his battle against the Austrians, her canonization was based on her practice of the Christian virtues of faith, hope and charity to an extraordinary degree, and the Church's view is confirmed either through a miracle granted by God in answer to the saint's prayers or, as in this case, by the continuing devotion of the Christian faithful to a Saint's example across centuries.
Though Agnes died in 1282, she was still venerated by Christians around the world more than 700 years later. She was honored in 2011, the 800th anniversary of her birth, as the Saint of the Overthrow of Communism, with a year dedicated to her by Catholics in the Czech Republic.
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