saint zdislava of lemberk
4 January SAINT ZEDISLAVA OF LEMBERK Lay Dominican and Wife Memoria Saint Zedislava was born in Krizanov, in western Moravia (today the Czech Republic) around the year 1220. Havel of Jablonné, the Count of Lemberk who ruled northern Bohemia took her as his wife when she was aged 20. In her new homeland, Zdislava poured out her love and the customs of her native land, dedicating herself totally to the service of the poor, but never neglecting her duties as a wife and mother. To foster the evangelization of Bohemia, she promoted the spread of the Order of Preachers whose habit and mission she assumed, and begged her husband to construct priories at Jablonné and Turnov. She died in Jablonné in 1252. Known as “the Lady of holy life”, from time immemorial in Bohemia, her cult had been approved by Pope Saint Pius X on 28 August, 1907; she was inscribed into the list of saints by Blessed John Paul II in 1995, at Olmmuoc in Moravia. From the Common of Holy Women: for those who Performed Works ...