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  Adalbert of Prague - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Adalbert became the Bishop of Prague in 982.
Saint Adalbert's bones were stored in Gniezno and helped Boleslaus the Brave to improve Poland's position in Europe.
In 1037 Bohemian duke Bretislav I retrieved the bones of Saint Adalbert from Gniezno and moved them to Prague, but in other version he took only part of bones, while rest of St. Adalbert's relics were hiden by Poles.
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 Adalbert of Prague   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Adalbert (Czech: Vojtěch, Polish: Wojciech, Germanic equivalent Adalbert - the joy of warrior) was born of a noble family in Libice, Bohemia about the year 956.
Saint Adalbert bones were stored in Gniezno and helped Boleslaus I of Poland to improve a position of Poland in Europe (see Meeting in Gniezno).
Saint Adalbert became the patron saint of Bohemia, Hungary, Poland and Province of Prussia.
www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/a/ad/adalbert_of_prague.html   (416 words)

  
 St. Hedwig Virtual Tour: St. Adalbert Statue   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
St Adalbert was born circa 956 in Libicach (Libice) in Bohemia, the son of Prince Slavik (Slavnik)and Strzezyslavia of the nobility.
Adalbert was educated by St. Adalbert of Magdeburg, in Magdeberg, and in 982, he was consecrated by Archbishop Willigis of Mainz, as second bishop of Prague, when Bishop Dytmar died in 982.
Adalbert is the patron Saint of Bohemia, Prokop, and Vaclav.
www.sthedwigchurch.org /tour/statues/r.htm   (297 words)

  
 Apostle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Apostle to the Armenians: Saint Gregory the Illuminator, 256 - 331
Apostle to the Pomeranians: Saint Otto of Bamberg, 1060 - 1139
Apostle to the Scots: Saint Columba, 521 - 597
www.hackettstown.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Apostle   (1206 words)

  
 Adalbert of Magdeburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Adalbert was a German monk at the Benedictine Monastary of Saint Maximinus in Trier.
Adalbert subsequently traveled to Mainz, where he became abbot of Weissenburg in Alsace.
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.
marylandheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Adalbert_of_Magdeburg   (270 words)

  
 Meeting at the tomb of Saint Adalbert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Meeting at the tomb of Saint Adalbert is one of the most important events in Polish history, though scholars disagree over the details of the decisions made at the meeting, especially whether the Polish prince was pledged the king's crown or not.
After his death, Adalbert was soon made a saint by the common effort of Boleslaus I and Otto III, becoming the first saint of Slavic origins.
While on a pilgrimage to the tomb of Saint Adalbert at Gniezno in 1000 A.D., Otto III, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, invested Boleslaus I of Poland with the title Frater et Cooperator Imperii ("Brother and Partner of the Empire").
www.encyclopedia-online.info /Meeting_in_Gniezno   (272 words)

  
 Adalbert of Prague - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Adalbert (Czech: Vojtěch, Polish: Wojciech, Germanic equivalent Adalbert - the joy of warrior) was a 10th century bishop of Prague who was martyred in his efforts to convert the Baltic Prussians.
When they did not heed warnings to stay away from the sacred oak groves, Adalbert was martyred in April 997 on the Baltic Sea coast between the Nogat river and Fischhausen in Samland/Sambia.
Saint Adalbert's bones were stored in Gniezno and helped Boleslaus I of Poland to improve Poland's position in Europe (see Meeting in Gniezno).
www.open-encyclopedia.com /Adalbert_of_Prague   (440 words)

  
 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".
Saint Adalbert Cemetery is located on Milwaukee Avenue in the town of Niles, a near north suburb of Chicago.
Adalbert from this central street, with opposing gates in the two adjoining sides permitting passage from one half to the other.
www.graveyards.com /IL/Cook/stadalbert   (209 words)

  
 St Albertus Church, Detroit - Saint Adalbert
Saint Adalbert was born in Bohemia (present day Czechoslovakia) in the year 956.
Adalbert gave sanctuary in his church to a woman of nobility convicted of adultery.
Adalbert Martyred 1000 Years Ago written by Jan Steven Zaleski for the Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan's journal The Eaglet (May 1997 issue) appears here with permission and in kindness.
www.stalbertus.org /stadalbertus.htm   (398 words)

  
 Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of April 23
Saint Felix, a priest, and his two deacons, Fortunatus and Achilleus, were sent by Saint Irenaeus of Lyons to evangelize the district of Vienne, France.
Saint Margaret is the princess; (3) George is in armor standing on the dragon (not to be confused with the Archangel Michael, who is always winged); (4) George is in the robes of the Order of the Garter; (5) with
Saint Demetrius in icons; or (6) as George is martyred in a brazen bull, dragged by horses, beheaded with a sword (Roeder).
www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0423.htm   (2570 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Saint Adalbert   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Adalbert, Saint (955?-997), Bohemian churchman, known as the Apostle of the Prussians.
Saint, name applied in the New Testament (Colossians 1:2) to the members of the Christian community generally, but restricted in ecclesiastical usage...
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has a total population of 117,534 (2005 estimate), giving a population density of 347 persons per sq km (898 persons...
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 Adalbert of Prague   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Adalbert (Czech: Vojtěch, Polish: Wojciech, Germanic equivalent Adalbert -the joy of warrior) was born of a noble family in Libice, Bohemia about the year 956.
Saint Adalbert bones were stored in Gniezno and helped Boleslaus I of Poland to improve a position of Poland in Europe(see Meeting in Gniezno).
In 1037 Bohemian King BretislavI retrieved the bones of Saint Adalbert from Gniezno and moved it to Prague.
www.therfcc.org /adalbert-of-prague-149168.html   (411 words)

  
 Saints of June 20
At the age of 70, Princess Saint Olga of Kiev was baptized in Constantinople.
Adalbert, a monk of the Benedictine Saint Maximin's at Trier (Trèves), was sent by Otto with a small group to evangelize Russia.
Saint Helia was abbess of the Benedictine convent of Öhren in Trier, Germany (Benedictines).
www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0620.htm   (1955 words)

  
 The Probert Encyclopaedia - People and Peoples (Sa-Sl)
Saint Adalbert was a missionary in north Germany and Poland.
Saint Aldhelm was born in 640 and died in 709.
Saint George is the tutelary saint of England, Portugal and Aragon, and was the patron saint of chivalry in Europe in medieval times.
www.fas.org /news/reference/probert/CD.HTM   (8936 words)

  
 Chapter II. - PREUSSEN: SAINT ADALBERT.
Adalbert went, accordingly, with staff and scrip, two monks attending him, into that dangerous country: not in fear, he; a devout high-tempered man, verging now on fifty, his hair getting gray, and face marred with innumerable troubles and provocations of past time.
The place--or if not this place, then Gnesen in Poland, the final burial-place of Adalbert, which is better known--has ever since had a kind of sacredness; better or worse expressed by mankind: in the form of canonization, endless pilgrimages, rumored miracles, and such like.
Adalbert has stamped his life upon it, in the form of a crucifix, in lasting protest against that.
www.globusz.com /ebooks/Fred2/00000012.htm   (1216 words)

  
 Thousandth Anniversary of the Death of St Adalbert
Before the relics of Saint Adalbert, the Emperor Otto III and Boleslaw the Brave met in the presence of a legate of the Pope.
And this was precisely because Adalbert bore witness to Christ by undergoing a martyr's death.
Saint Adalbert is thus a great patron of our continent, then in the process of unification in the name of Christ.
www.vatican.va /holy_father/john_paul_ii/travels/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_03061997_en.html   (2639 words)

  
 Adalbert of Prague : Saint Adalbert of Prague
Because the trees were worshipped and the spirits who inhabited the trees were feared for the powers they possessed, this was done to demonstrate to the non-Christians that no supernatural powers protected the trees from the Christians.
His live has been written about in 'Vita St Adalberti' by various writers, the earliest was traced to imperial Aachen and Luettich, although it was assumed for many years that the Roman monk John Canaparius had written the first 'Vita'.
Adalbert became the patron saint of Prussia, Hungary, Bohemia and Poland.
www.fastload.org /sa/Saint_Adalbert_of_Prague.html   (361 words)

  
 Patron Saints Index: Saint Adalbert of Magdeburg
Benedictine monk at the monastery of Saint Maximin at Trier.
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.
www.catholic-forum.com /saints/sainta3f.htm   (151 words)

  
 SAINT ADALBERT of PRAGUE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The first bishop of Prague to have been born in Bohemia, St. Adalbert was born Voytech c.
Boleslaus I, duke of Poland, invited him to evangelize the Prussians of Pomerania; Adalbert was killed on the suspicion of being a Polish spy.
Boleslaus I buried Adalbert's body at Gniezno, Poland, whence it was translated in 1039 to Prague.
www.thesacredheart.com /sts/sadalbe5.htm   (180 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Adalbert
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.
Adalbert went among them as a missionary, and probably baptized King Geysa and his family, and King Stephen.
He afterwards evangelized the Poles, and was made Archbishop of Gnesen.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/01127c.htm   (302 words)

  
 PASTORAL VISIT TO THE CZECH REPUBLIC
Saint Paul's text warns us against every kind of knowledge and philosophy based, as he writes, on "the elemental spirits of the universe" (Col 2:8), that is to say on merely human tradition, and not on Christ.
Saint Adalbert still exercises today a particular fascination through his balanced personality, endowed with granite-like firmness and open to the spiritual and material needs of his brothers and sisters.
Saint Adalbert is a saint for the Christians of today: he invites them not to be defensive, not to keep for themselves the treasury of truths in their possession, with an attitude of sterile self-defence against the world.
www.vatican.va /holy_father/john_paul_ii/travels/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_27041997_en.html   (1676 words)

  
 Adalbert of Prague : Saint Adalbert of Prague   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
When they did not heed warnings to stay away from the sacred oak groves, Adalbert was martyred April A.D. near later Fischhausen by the Nogat[?] river.
It is said that his body was bought back for his weight in gold.
It uses material from the wikipedia article Adalbert of Prague : Saint Adalbert of Prague.
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 The Saint's Bones By Mark Edwards
Saint Adalbert's High School is celebrating its bicentennial year, and what a year!
She and the others soon begin to see signs that there is something going on, and the "enlightened" members of the school's staff begin to discover just how deep the "rabbit hole" is about to get.
Now that he's a freshman at Saint Adalbert's, he plans on making the most of this infamy.
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 Saint Adalbert Roman Catholic Church   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Saint Adalbert has five Bereavement Support Groups, each designed for the speialized needs of people suffering the loss of a loved one.
All the meetings are held at Saint Adalbert Parish.
Saint Adalbert Parish conducts a Summer Program for children 3 to 12.
www.angelfire.com /ma/stadalbert   (249 words)

  
 Adalbert, Saint --  Encyclopædia Britannica
The word saint has undergone a significant change in meaning during the approximately 2,000 years of Christianity.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, more commonly known as the Mormons, was founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 (see Smith, Joseph).
canonized saint honored as special protector of a country, as benefactor of persons in a certain occupation, or as guardian of those who bear the saint's name; also one invoked to intercede with God for help in time of special need.
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 ForMinistry.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It is with great warmth and enthusiasm that I welcome you to visit the atmosphere of Saint Adalbert Church.
The Parish Family of Saint Adalbert in Elmhurst-Maspeth, Queens New York has served the people of the community for almost 110 years.
Saint Adalbert's would like everyone 21 and over to register on their own unless they are married.
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 Prayers for Benedictine Saints and Celebrations
Through the prayers and merits of your saint may we live such a life that we, too, may attain everlasting happiness.
O God, who adorned the precious death of our most holy Father, Saint Benedict, with so many and so great privileges, grant, we beseech You, that at our departure hence, we may be defended from the snares of the enemy by the blessed presence of him whose memory we celebrate.
O God, you called the blessed abbot Bernard from the empty splendor of this world to the love of solitude and accepted his sacrifice of love as he served your people in their affliction.
www.osb.org /gen/saints/prayers.html   (2186 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
They are commemorated as saints in the calendars of the Eastern Churches (Greeks, Syrians, Copts).[36] Under the influence of this Oriental practice, their veneration spread also in the West and became very popular toward the end of the first millennium of the Christian era.
The Saint dressed in deacon's vestments, for a deacon he was [out of humility, St. Francis never became a priest, remaining a deacon all his life], sang the gospel.
However, the figure of a Catholic saint and bishop was not acceptable in their eyes, especially since many of them were Presbyterians, to whom a bishop was repugnant.
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 Meeting at the tomb of Saint Adalbert   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Meeting at the tomb of Saint Adalbert is one of the most important in Polish history though scholars disagree over details of the decisions made at the especially whether the Polish prince was pledged king's crown or not.
After his death Adalbert was soon made saint by the common effort of Boleslaus I and Otto III becoming the first saint of Slavic His body bought by Boleslaus I for its weight in gold was into the tomb in Gniezno contemporary capital of Poland.
Otto III committed to a pilgrimage to Poland his attempt to extend the influence of in eastern Europe.
www.freeglossary.com /Meeting_at_the_tomb_of_Saint_Adalbert   (329 words)

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