Saint Gotteschalk

Also known as: Gotteschalc
Gottschalk
Memorial: 7 June
Profile: Son of Udo, Prince of the Abrodites. Prince of the Wends. Raised a Christian, he turned apostate following the murder of his father, led armies into lands held by the Slavs, and then into England. There, for reasons never clearly explained, he returned to the faith. On his return from England, he subdued more of the Slavic countries, and went on period a great missionary work and church construction. Gottschalk often interpreted to the people in the Sclavonian tongue the sermons and instructions of the priests in the church, which led to his patronage of linguists and translators. Martyred.
Died: 7 June 1066
murdered at the altar with 29 fellow missionaries in Lenzen, Pomerania, by assassins hired by his brother-in-law
Patronage: linguists
lost vocations
princes
translators
Additional Information: Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Catholic Encyclopedia
New Catholic Dictionary
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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