Saint Adalbert
Saint Adalbert
Saint Adalbert was a Bohemian nobility. He took the name of Saint Adalbert of Magdeburg, the archbishop who healed, educated and converted him. Adalbert became the 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. After a few years he came back to Prague, sent by the Pope. Having met more opposition from the nobility there, he was allowed to evangelize in Poland, Pomerania, Prussia, Hungary, and Russia. In 997 he set off from Poland for a mission of Prussia, organised with the help of the Duke of Poland, Boleslaus the Brave. He and his fellow missionaries were martyred by Prussians near Koenigsberg or Danzig at the instigation of a pagan priest. The body of St. Adalbert was bought back by Boleslaus, for the amount of gold equal to Adalbert’s weight. Adalbert was burried in Gniezno. He was canonized in 999 and was very soon called the first Patron of Poland.
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