Hroznata von Ovenec
Feast: 14 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Starý Kynšperk near Eger in Bohemia, Blessed Hroznata, martyr, who, after the death of his wife and son, is said to have left the ducal court to join the Premonstratensian monks of Teplá; later captured by robbers while trying to defend the rights of the monastery, he was left to die of hunger.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 14 July as a Bohemian nobleman who is said to have become a Premonstratensian at Teplá and was starved to death defending the monastery's rights.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Roman Martyrology, 14 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1632445 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.