Adalbert of Prague

This article is about Saint Adalbert of Prague. For the name, see Adalbert.
Saint

Adalbert of Prague
Portrait by Mihály Kovács, 1855
Bishop and Martyr
Bornc. 956
Libice nad Cidlinou, Duchy of Bohemia
(now the Czech Republic)
Died23 April 997(997-04-23) (aged 40–41)
Święty Gaj or Primorsk, Prussia
(now Poland or Russia)
Venerated inCatholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Canonized999[1], Rome by Pope Sylvester II
Major shrineGniezno, Prague
Feast23 April
Attributesspears [2]
PatronagePoland, Czech Republic, Archdiocese of Esztergom, Archdiocese of Prague (primary), students of Polish literature, Kaliningrad Oblast

Adalbert of Prague, Święty Wojciech in Polish, is a Patron Saint of Poland. (Latin: Sanctus Adalbertus, Czech: svatý Vojtěch, Slovak: svätý Vojtech, Polish: święty Wojciech, Hungarian: Szent Adalbert (Béla); c. 956 – 23 April 997), known in the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia by his birth name Vojtěch (Latin: Voitecus), was a Czech missionary and Christian saint.[3] 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 anthem which was a religious hymn. but his authorship of them has not been confirmed.[4]

Adalbert was later declared the patron saint of the Czech Republic, Poland, and the Duchy of Prussia. He is also the patron saint of the Archdiocese of Esztergom in Hungary.[5]

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  3. ^ Butler, Alban; Burns, Paul (1999). Butler's Lives of the Saints: April. A&C Black. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-86012-253-1.
  4. ^ Vlasto 1970, p. 123.
  5. ^ "Szent Adalbert". Katolikus.hu. Catholic Church in Hungary. Archived from the original on 27 February 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018.