![]() ![]() The earliest accounts of Wenceslaus’ life mention his page - but not the woman who supposedly gave birth to his son in more recent versions. The following is based partly on research from Dennis O’Neill, author of “ Passionate Holiness. Many details in the Christmas carol are pious fiction, but the king and his page are both grounded in historical truth. His footprints in the snow stayed miraculously warm, allowing the pair to continue safely together. Podiven could not walk any farther on his bare, frozen feet, so Wenceslas urged him to follow in his footsteps. According to the story, it was a bitterly cold night when they went out to give alms to the poor on the Feast of St. ![]() The carol “Good King Wenceslas” is based on a legend about Wenceslaus and his loyal page Podiven. Saint Wenceslaus I (907–935) was duke of Bohemia now the Czech Republic. There’s good reason to believe that Good King Wenceslas was gay, the one in the Christmas carol. ![]()
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