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  Apostle - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
Apostle of the Alleghanies: Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin, 1770-1840
Apostle to the Frisians: Saint Willibrord, 657 - 738
Apostle to the Scots: Saint Columba, 521 - 597
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 Twelve Apostles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Apostle of the Alleghanies: Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin, 1770–1840
Apostle to the Armenians: Saint Gregory the Illuminator, 256–331
Apostle to the Pomeranians: Saint Otto of Bamberg, 1060–1139
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 Adalbert of Magdeburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
June 20, 981), sometimes known as the "Apostle of the Slavs", was possibly born in Alsace.
Adalbert was a German monk at the Benedictine Monastary of Saint Maximinus in Trier.
A student in Adalbert's time who went on to do important work among the Slavs was Voitech of Prague, later canonized as Saint Adalbert of Prague.
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It is supposed, though it cannot be proved, that the Bohemian Duke Boriwoi was baptized by Methodius, the apostle to the Slavs.
Adalbert, second Bishop of Prague, appointed by Otto II at Verona, was consecrated by Willigis of Mainz.
As, however, the Polish Church complained of the robbery of the relics of St. Adalbert, the duke and bishop became involved in an investigation and they were condemned to found a monastery as penance.
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 Saint Adalbert Catholic Cemetery
The cemetery is named for the tenth century Saint Adalbert, the first Polish saint, known as the "Apostle of the Slavs" or "Apostle of Bohemia".
A nobleman, bishop, and founder of a monastery, Adalbert was martyred on 23 April 997 while preaching to the Prussians.
Adalbert from this central street, with opposing gates in the two adjoining sides permitting passage from one half to the other.
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 Apostle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
The Twelve Apostles (in Greek "απόστολος" apostolos [1], someone sent forth/sent out, an 'emissary') were probably Galilean Jewish men (10 names are Aramaic, 4 names are Greek) chosen from among the disciples, who were "sent forth" by Jesus of Nazareth to preach the Gospel to both Jews and Gentiles across the world.
Tradition furthermore asserts that John the Evangelist and the Apostle are the same man, and he took care of Mary while living in Ephesus.
According to the book, nine of the twelve died of old age, with three (an unidentified subset of the twelve, called the Three Nephites) remained on the Earth, as was John, without tasting death, to await the Second Coming of Jesus.
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 Adalbert of Magdeburg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
981), sometimes known as the "Apostle of the Slavs", was possibly born in Alsace.
Her son opposed her and took her crown from her as soon as Adalbert arrived in Russia.
Adalbert subsequently traveled to Mainz, where he became abbot of Weissenburg in Alsace.
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 St. Adalbert - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
Apostle of the Slavs, probably a native of Lorraine, d.
His mission was the result of a request of the princess Olga who, having appealed in vain to the court of Constantinople for someone to evangelize her people, besought the German Emperor Otho, who sent Adalbert and a number of priests to begin the work.
Adalbert was made Metropolitan of the Slavs, and established among them the sees of Naumburg, Meissen, Merseburg, Brandenburg, Havelberg, and Posen.
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 St. Adalbert of Prague
The Southern Slavs, mostly in the Balkan Peninsula (Bulgarians, Serbs, Croatians, and Slovenes).
Adalbert (baptized Vojtech) was a member of the Slavniks, an East Bohemian princely dynasty.
Adalbert and his companions made a few converts at Danzig, but the Prussians ordered the missionaries out of the country.
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 Adalbert of Magdeburg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
Adalbert also dioceses at Nauemburg Meissen in Lausitz Merseburg Brandenburg Havelberg and Poznan in Poland.
A student in Adalbert's time who on to do important work among the was Voitech of Prague later canonized as Adalbert of Prague.
Adalbert Hamman's text, 'How to Read the Church Fathers', is part of a series by the Crossroad Press on how to read or study different aspects of church history, practice, and belief.
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 INFO OF -Apostle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
- Apostle of the Alleghanies: Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin, 1770–1840
- Apostle to the Frisians: Saint Willibrord, 657–738
For this reason, it ordains Apostle (Mormonism) as members of its Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, second in authority to the church's First Presidency which is led by the senior Apostle similar to Peter leading the twelve disciples.
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 Crossmap Christian Directory :: Catholic Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
Nephew of St. Ibar, the apostle of Wexford (a predecessor and contemporary of St. Patrick), flourished 570-620.
The obligation for certain members of the hierarchy of visiting, the "thresholds of the Apostles", Sts.
Peter and Paul, and of presenting themselves before the pope to give an account of the state of their dioceses.
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 Apostle
Apostle to the Armenians: Saint Gregory the Illuminator, 256-331
Apostle to the Indies (East): Saint Francis Xavier, 1506-1552
Apostle to the Pomeranians: Saint Otto of Bamberg, 1060-1139
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 Apostle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
Alternate meanings: See Apostle (Mormonism), The Apostle (1997 movie) ---- The 12 Apostles (in Greek "απόστολος" apostolos= emissary) were probably Jewish men (10 names are Aramaic, 4 names are Greek) chosen from among the disciples, who were "sent forth", by Jesus to preach the Gospel to both Jews and Gentiles, across the world.
In Acts 6.1, seven Greeks are appointed by the 12 Apostles: Stephen, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas and Nicolaus.
James the Just, the brother of Jesus, though a "pillar of the Church," and leader of the Jerusalem Church, is not called an Apostle in the final canonic versions of the Synoptic Gospels.
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 Twelve Apostles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
The apostles have also been known as the twelve saints: St. Peter, St. Andrew, St. Bartholomew, St. James the Greater, St. James the Lesser, St. John, St. Jude, St. Matthias, St. Matthew, St. Simon, St. Philip, and St. Thomas.
The Emperor Constantine the Great, sometimes considered founder of the Byzantine Empire, is sometimes called the Thirteenth Apostle, for example: Orthodox Church in America: "He is called "the Great," for he was a zealous champion for the purity of Orthodoxy.
John - A common belief is that the "beloved disciple" was John and that he was the writer the Gospel According to John – This John could be John the Evangelist or John the Apostle himself.
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 Acosta, Uriel
Adalbert's frequent absences from his diocese gave the Billungs opportunity to attack it; but the archbishop, often accompanied by his vassals, could not avoid spending considerable time on the king's business.
Adalbert naturally could not look with complacency on the withdrawal of so large a part of his juris diction, after the sacrifices which the Church of Hamburg had made in the previous two hundred years for the evangelization of the northern king doms; and he feared that Sweden and Norway would follow.
ADALBERT OF PRAGUE (Czech, Woatech, "Comfort of the Army"): An early German missionary, sometimes improperly called " the Apostle of the Slavs " or " of the Prussians "; b.
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 Apostle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
The Twelve Apostles (in Koine Greek "απόστολος" apostolos [1], someone sent forth/sent out, an 'emissary') were probably Galilean Jewish men (10 names are Aramaic, 4 names are Greek) chosen from among the disciples, who were "sent forth" by Jesus of Nazareth to preach the Gospel to both Jews and Gentiles across the world.
The mainstream belief is that the "beloved disciple" was John and that this was how the writer the Gospel Of John – who could be John the Evangelist, John the Apostle himself, if they are the same person – referred to him in the Gospel according to John.
Romans 1:1 and other letters), claimed he was appointed by the resurrected Jesus himself during his Road to Damascus vision; specifically he referred to himself as the Apostle to the Gentiles (Romans 11:13).
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 Patron Saints Index: Saint Adalbert of Magdeburg
The band was violently opposed by an army of pagans led by Saint Olga's son Svyatoslav.
Many of the missionaries were killed, and the remainder, still under the leadership of Adalbert, returned to Germany, spending four years in Mainz.
Healed, educated and converted Adalbert of Prague, who took the name Adalbert in memory of him.
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 St. Adalbert of Magdeburg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
A German monk of the Benedictine Monastery of St. Maximin in Tréves, he was consecrated a bishop and sent to Russia in 961.
The son of Princess Olga took her crown from her soon after Adalbert arrived in Russia, and his mission companions were slain.
There Adalbert was made metropolitan of the Slavs and established the dioceses of Naumberg, Neissen, Merseberg, Brandenburg, Havelberg, and Posen.
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 The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. I: Aachen - Basilians (iii.i.adalbert_of_prague)
ADALBERT OF PRAGUE (Czech, Woitech, “Comfort of the Army”): An early German missionary, sometimes improperly called “the Apostle of the Slavs” or “of the Prussians”; b.
He was the son of a rich Czech nobleman named Slavenik, connected with the royal house of Saxony.
He was educated at Magdeburg, but on the death of Adalbert (981), first archbishop of that place, whose name he had taken at confirmation, he returned home and was ordained priest by Thietmar, the first bishop of Prague, whom he succeeded two years later.
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 Apostle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
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The Twelve Apostles (in Koine Greek "απόστολος" apostolos [1] (http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2313873), someone sent forth/sent out, an 'emissary') were probably Galilean Jewish men (10 names are Aramaic, 4 names are Greek) chosen from among the disciples, who were "sent forth" by Jesus of Nazareth to preach the Gospel to both Jews and Gentiles across the world.
The apostles were also known as the twelve saints.
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 POVALISH - POWALISZ - ZOLECKI - INDYKIEWICZ - SZWAJKOWSKI - ROGALSKI GENEALOGY - St. Adalbert's Cemetery, 6800 North ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
Adalbert's Cemetery, 6800 North Milwaukee Avenue, Niles, Cook, Illinois, U.S.A., 60714-4420
SAINT ADALBERT is the largest Catholic Cemetery of the Archdiocese of Chicago, as measured in number of burials.
Fences separate St. Adalbert from this central street, with opposing gates in the two adjoining sides permitting passage from one half to the other.
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 MavicaNET - Adalbert of Prague, Saint
Also known as Adelbert; Apostle of Bohemia; Apostle of the Prussians; Apostle of the Slavs; Voitech; Voytech; Voytiekh.
He assumed the name of the Archbishop Adalbert (his name had been Wojtech), under whom he studied at Magdeburg.
He became Bishop of Prague, whence he was obliged to flee on account of the enmity he had aroused by his efforts to reform the clergy of his diocese.
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 Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid. - Meditation - by Pope John Paul II
The Apostles were afraid, thinking it was a ghost.
My dear friends, pray and learn to pray, read and meditate on the Word of God, strengthen the bond with Christ in the Sacraments of Penance and the Eucharist, study the problems of the interior life and of the apostolate in youth groups, Church movements and organizations....
We are celebrating the Jubilee of the millennium of the martyrdom of Saint Adalbert [who]bore witness to Christ, suffering martyrdom for the faith.
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 The Great Jubilee "The Call" Main
In the Encyclical, "Slavorum Apostoli" (The Apostle of the Slavs) #27 and 28; the Holy Father notes no small "coincidence" in who he is, now, in this time.
The Holy Father says he understands himself to be called by God for this time through the power of the Holy Spirit to lead the Church in the Mission of the Redeemer.
His fiat when he received the palium is a joyous expression of union of the Catholic Church of Colorado with the Holy Father.
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 PASTORAL VISIT TO POLAND: ADDRESS AT YOUTH MEETING
The Apostles had got into the boat to go before Jesus to the other side.
My dear friends, pray and learn to pray, read and meditate on the Word of God, strengthen the bond with Christ in the Sacraments of Penance and the Eucharist, study the problems of the interior life and of the apostolate in youth groups, Church movements and organizations, which are numerous in our country.
This martyrdom of the great Apostle of the Slavs challenges you: today too it calls for the witness of the life of each one of you.
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 Apostle info here at en.feederpolitics.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
This is a group of people highly critical of what they call the "UCC" which is the national part of the church and particularly John Thomas the...
The apostle John lived until around the end of the first century.
Irenaeus and Victorinus say so explicitly, other ante-Nicene sources suggest it, and Eusebius, who had access to many documents no longer extant, accepts the report...
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 Ninth century history of the church
In certain districts the preeminence showed itself clearly in favor of the bishop.
Anskar (801-865), "Apostle of the North," lays foundation for Christianity in Scandinavia.
Cyril and St. Methodius, the "Apostles of the Slavs," work in Moravia and invent an alphabet for the Slavs.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Index for A   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
Adalard, Saint -- Apostle of the Slavs (d.
Augustine of Canterbury, Saint -- First Archbishop of Canterbury, Apostle of the English (d.
Austremonius, Saint -- Apostle and Bishop of Auvergne (c.
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