At Prague in Bohemia, Saint Ludmila, martyr, who, duchess of the Bohemians, was entrusted with the upbringing of her grandson Saint Wenceslaus, in whose soul she strove to kindle love of Christ; she was strangled through a conspiracy of her daughter-in-law Drahomíra and the pagan nobles.
September 16th
Blessed Ludmila
Latin Original
Prage in Bohémia, sanctae Ludmille, mártyris, quae, ducíssa Bohémis, institutióni praepósita nepótis sui sancti Venceslài, in cuius animo amórem Christi ingígnere conáta est, coniuratióne nurus Drahomírz et nobilium paganórum stranguláta est.