Which Old Church Slavonic legends focus on Wenceslas I and Saint Ludmila?

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Czech literature Jan Hus at the stake, colored woodcut from a Hussite prayer book, 1563.

The earliest Old Church Slavonic texts associated with the Czech era include legends focused on Wenceslas I and his grandmother, Saint Ludmila. These works, which likely date to the 10th century, represent significant literary monuments from the period when Old Church Slavonic was used in Bohemia alongside Latin.12

Additionally, oral tradition regarding Saint Ludmila gave rise to a specific "prologue on St. Ludmila" written in Old Church Slavonic, which served as a foundation for later Latin hagiographies.2