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Adalbert of Magdeburg

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Adalbert of Magdeburg, sometimes incorrectly shortened to "Albert" (c. 910 - 20 June 981), and known as the Apostle of the Slavs, was the first Archbishop of Magdeburg (from 968) and a successful missionary to the Polabian Slavs to the east of what is contemporarily Germany. [1]

37 relations: Adalbert, Adalbert of Prague, Archbishopric of Magdeburg, Battle of Wels, Boso of Merseburg, Bruno of Querfurt, Burchard of Meissen, Catholic Church in Germany, Dietrich of Haldensleben, Margrave of the Nordmark, Gdańsk, Gero, Count of Alsleben, Gisilher (archbishop of Magdeburg), Great Slav Rising, Hermann Billung, History of Christianity in Ukraine, History of Gdańsk, Jordan (Bishop of Poland), June 20, June 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), Magdeburg, Magdeburg (disambiguation), Mathilde, Abbess of Essen, Merseburg, Olga of Kiev, Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, Patron saints of places, Regino of Prüm, Roman Catholic Diocese of Magdeburg, Saint Adalbert, Saint Albert, St. Adalbert Polish Catholic Church, Sypniewski, Vojtěch Šafařík, Weissenburg Abbey, Alsace, 910, 968, 981.

Adalbert

Adalbert is a German given name which means "noble bright" or "noble shining", derived from the words adal (meaning noble) and berht (shining or bright).

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Adalbert of Prague

Adalbert of Prague (Adalbertus / Wojciech Sławnikowic); 95623 April 997), known in Czech by his birth name Vojtěch (Voitecus), was a Bohemian missionary and Christian saint. He was the Bishop of Prague and a missionary to the Hungarians, Poles, and Prussians, who was martyred in his efforts to convert the Baltic Prussians to Christianity. He is said to be the composer of the oldest Czech hymn Hospodine, pomiluj ny and Bogurodzica, the oldest known Polish hymn, but the authorship has not confirmed. St. Adalbert (or St.

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Archbishopric of Magdeburg

The Archbishopric of Magdeburg was a Roman Catholic archdiocese (969–1552) and Prince-Archbishopric (1180–1680) of the Holy Roman Empire centered on the city of Magdeburg on the Elbe River.

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Battle of Wels

The Battle of Wels (10/12Widukind of Corvey; Bernard S. Bachrach and David S. Bachrach (eds.), Deeds of the Saxons (Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2014), p. 91. August 943) was fought between a joint Bavarian–Carantanian army and a Hungarian force near Wels in the Traungau, on the plain of the Welser Heide, nowadays a part of Austria.

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Boso of Merseburg

Boso of Merseburg (died 1 November 970) was the first Bishop of Merseburg in Saxony-Anhalt, and "Apostle of the Wends." Boso, a native of Bavaria, was a Benedictine monk of Saint Emmeram's in Regensburg, from where he was summoned to the court of Otto I, who, considering the conversion of the lately subjugated Wends indispensable to the security of the German Empire, sent Boso to convert them to Christianity.

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Bruno of Querfurt

Saint Bruno of Querfurt (974 – 14 February 1009 AD), also known as Brun and Boniface, was a missionary bishop and martyr, who was beheaded near the border of Kievan Rus and Lithuania while trying to spread Christianity in Eastern Europe.

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Burchard of Meissen

Saint Burchard of Meissen (d. 25 September 969) was the first Bishop of Meissen, from 968.

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Catholic Church in Germany

The Catholic Church in Germany (Katholische Kirche in Deutschland) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in communion with the Pope, assisted by the Roman Curia, and of the German bishops.

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Dietrich of Haldensleben, Margrave of the Nordmark

Dietrich (Theoderich, Theodoric) of Haldensleben (died 25 August 985) was a Saxon count in the Schwabengau, later also in the Nordthüringgau and the Derlingau, who was the first Margrave of the Northern March from 965 until the Great Slav Rising of 983.

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Gdańsk

Gdańsk (Danzig) is a Polish city on the Baltic coast.

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Gero, Count of Alsleben

Gero (died 11 August 979), Count of Alsleben, conjectured to be the son of Siegfried and therefore grandson of Gero the Great.

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Gisilher (archbishop of Magdeburg)

Gisilher, Gisiler, Giseler, or Giselmar (died 1004) was the second Archbishop of Magdeburg, succeeding Saint Adalbert, from 981 until his death in 1004.

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Great Slav Rising

The Great Slav Rising in 983 was an uprising of the Polabian Slavs (Wends), mainly Lutici and Obotrite tribes living east of the Elbe River in modern north-east Germany.

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Hermann Billung

Hermann Billung (900 or 912 – 27 March 973) was the Margrave of the Billung March from 936 until his death.

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History of Christianity in Ukraine

The history of Christianity in Ukraine dates back to the earliest centuries of the apostolic church and according to Radziwiłł Chronicle Saint Andrew has ascended on hills of the future city of Kiev.

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History of Gdańsk

Gdańsk (or;; Kashubian: Gduńsk; Danzig) is one of the oldest cities in Poland.

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Jordan (Bishop of Poland)

Jordan (died in 982 or 984) was the first Bishop of Poland from 968 with his seat, most probably, in Poznań.

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June 20

In the Northern Hemisphere, the Summer solstice sometimes occurs on this date, while the Winter solstice occurs in the Southern Hemisphere.

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June 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

June 19 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 21 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 3 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

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Magdeburg

Magdeburg (Low Saxon: Meideborg) is the capital city and the second largest city of the state of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

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Magdeburg (disambiguation)

Magdeburg is the capital city of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

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Mathilde, Abbess of Essen

Mathilde (also Mahthild or Matilda; 949 – 5 November 1011) was Abbess of Essen Abbey from 973 to her death.

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Merseburg

Merseburg is a town in the south of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt on the river Saale, approx.

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Olga of Kiev

Saint Olga (Ольга, Old Norse: Helga; died 969 AD in Kiev) was a regent of Kievan Rus' for her son Svyatoslav from 945 until 960.

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Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor

Otto I (23 November 912 – 7 May 973), traditionally known as Otto the Great (Otto der Große, Ottone il Grande), was German king from 936 and Holy Roman Emperor from 962 until his death in 973.

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Patron saints of places

The idea of assigning a patron saint to a certain locality harks back to the ancient tutelary deities.

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Regino of Prüm

Regino of Prüm (Regino Prumiensis, Regino von Prüm; died 915) was a Benedictine monk, who served as abbot of Prüm (892–99) and later of Saint Martin's at Trier, and chronicler, whose Chronicon is an important source for late Carolingian history.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Magdeburg

The Diocese of Magdeburg is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church, located in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.

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Saint Adalbert

Saint Adalbert may refer to.

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Saint Albert

Saint Albert or St.

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St. Adalbert Polish Catholic Church

St.

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Sypniewski

The surname Sypniewski is of Polish origin and centered on the Oder region where families bearing this surname are still found today.

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Vojtěch Šafařík

Vojtěch Šafařík (26 October 1829 in Újvidék, Bács-Bodrog County, Vojvodina, Hungary (today Serbia) – 2 July 1902 in Prague, Bohemia) was a Slovak chemist, specialising in inorganic chemistry.

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Weissenburg Abbey, Alsace

Weissemburg Abbey (Kloster Weißenburg, L'abbaye de Wissembourg), also Wissembourg Abbey, is a former Benedictine abbey (1524–1789: collegiate church) in Wissembourg in Alsace, France.

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910

Year 910 (CMX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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968

Year 968 (CMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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981

Year 981 (CMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adalbert_of_Magdeburg

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