Saint Gaudentius of Gniezno

Also known as

• Gaudenty
• Radim
• Radzim Slavnik

Memorial

• 5 January
• 12 October on some calendars
• 25 August on some calendars

Profile

Born into the Bohemia nobility; younger brother of Saint Adalbert of Prague. Following the massacre of his family by a political rival, Radzim became a monk at the Benedictine abbey of Saint Alessio, Aventine, Rome, Italy. Missionary to Prussia with Adalbert, he escaped the anti-Christian massacre in which Adalbert died. Archbishop of Gniezno in 1000, appointed by Otto III; he led his flock through end-of-the-world rumours that accompanied the new millenium.

Born

• c.960 at Castle Libice near Pardubice, Bohemia (in modern Czech Republic as Radzim

Died

• c.1004 in Gniezno, Bohemia (in modern Poland) of natural causes
• relics transferred to the Saint Veit Cathedral in Prague, Bohemia (in modern Czech Republic) in 1039

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Gaudentius of Gniezno“. Saints.SQPN.com. 5 January 2013. Web. 19 May 2013. <>