APRIL 23 - SAINT ADALBERT OF PRAGUE
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Adalbert of Praha
Adalberto…
Adalbertus…
Adelbert…
Adalbert…
Voitech…
Voytech…
Voytiekh…
Wojciech…
Apostle of Bohemia
Apostle of the Prussians
Apostle of the Slavs
Memorial
23 April
Profile
Born to the Bohemian nobility. He took the name of Saint Adalbert of Magdeburg, the archbishop who healed, educated and converted him. Bishop of Prague (in the modern Czech Republic on 10 February 982. Friend of Emperor Otto III. Adalbert 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, Italy 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. Not long before his death, Adalbert met and was a great inspiration to Saint Boniface of Querfurt.
Born
c.957 in Libice nad Cidlinou, Bohemia (part of modern Czech Republic) as Voytech
Died
struck in the head on 23 April 997 in Pomerania near Danzig (in modern Poland)
relics forcibly taken to Prague in 1039
Canonized
999
Patronage
Bohemia
Czech Republic
Northern Slavs
Poland
Prussia
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Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary, archdiocese of
Gniezno, Poland, archdiocese of
Prague, Czech Republic, archdiocese of
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Cormons, Italy
Prague, Czech Republic, city of
Representation
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
baptizing Saint Stephen of Hungary
chains at his feet
angels carrying him to heaven
stabbed with a lance
a globe of fire hovering over his tomb