Saint Adalbert of Prague
![[Saint Adalbert of Prague]](sta19001.jpg "19kb jpg Polish holy card of Saint Adalbert; artist unknown; if you have information about this image, please email me; please do not write to ask about this image")
- Also known as
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Adelbert
Apostle of Bohemia
Apostle of the Prussians
Apostle of the Slavs
Voitech
Voytech
Voytiekh
- Memorial
- 23 April
- Profile
- Bohemian nobility.
Took the name of Saint Adalbert of Magdeburg, the archbishop who healed, educated and converted him.
Bishop of Prague on 10 February 982.
Friend of Emperor Otto III.
Encouraged the evangelization of the Magyars, and worked on it with Saint Astricus.
Opposed by the nobility in Prague and unpopular in the area, he withdrew to Rome and became a Benedictine monk, making his vows on 17 April 990; Pope John XV sent him back to Prague. anyway.
Founded the monastery of Brevnov.
Met more opposition from the nobility, and returned to Rome.
There being no hope of his working in Prague, he was allowed to (unsuccessfully) evangelize in Pomerania, Poland, Prussia, Hungary, and Russia.
He and his fellow missionaries were martyred by Prussians near Koenigsberg or Danzig at the instigation of a pagan priest.
Inspired Saint Boniface of Querfurt.
- Born
- c.957 in Bohemia as Voytech
- Died
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martyred on 23 April 997 in Pomerania near Danzig
relics forcibly taken to Prague in 1039
- Canonized
- 999
- Patronage
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Bohemia
Czech Republic
Poland
Prussia
- Representation
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holding a two-headed cross, two lances, and a club
holding a lance with a club at the lower end
pierced by three lances and beheaded
- Images
- Gallery of images of Saint Adalbert [3 images, 115 kb]
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Catholic Encyclopedia, by T J Campbell
Catholic-Hierarchy.Org
Ecole Glossary, by Karen Rae Keck
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Google Directory
New Catholic Dictionary
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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