See also:

• ADALBERT (originally VOYTECH), (c. 950-997)
• ADALBERT, or ADELBERT (c. 1000-1072)

ADALBERT (originally VOYTECH), (c. 950-997)  , known as the apostle of the Prussians, the son of a Bohemian See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Libice (Lobnik, Lubik), the ancestral seat near the junction of the Cidlina and the See also:

• ELBE (the Albis of the Romans and the Labe of the Czechs)

Elbe . He was educated at the monastery of See also:

• MAGDEBURG

Magdeburg; and in 983 was chosen See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• PRAGUE (Ger. Prag; Bohemian Praha)

Prague . The extreme severity of his See also:

• RULE

rule repelled the Bohemians, whom he vainly strove to wean from their See also:

• NATIONAL

national customs and See also:

• PAGAN
• PAGAN (Lat. paganus, of or belonging to a pagus, a canton, county district, village, commune)

pagan See also:

• RITES

rites . Discouraged by the See also:

• ILL

ill-success of his See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry, he withdrew to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome until 993, when, in obedience to the command of the See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

pope, he returned to his own See also:

• PEOPLE

people . Finding little See also:

• AMENDMENT (through the O. Fr. amender, to correct, from Lat. mendum, a fault)

amendment, however, in their course of living, he soon afterwards went again to Rome, and obtained permission from the pope to devote himself to missionary labours, which he carried on chiefly in See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany and See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland . While See also:

• PREACHING (Fr. preecher, from Lat. praedicare, to proclaim)

preaching in See also:

• POMERANIA (German, Pommern)

Pomerania (997) he was assassinated by a See also:

• HEATHEN

heathen See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest . See U . See also:

• CHEVALIER, ALBERT (1861– )
• CHEVALIER, MICHEL (1806-1879)
• CHEVALIER, ULYSSE (1841– )

Chevalier, Repertoire See also:

• DES

des See also:

• SOURCES

sources historiques du moyen See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, Bio.-Bibl . (1905) ; Bolland, Acta Sanctorum, See also:

• APRIL

April 23; H . G . Voigt, See also:

• ADALBERT (originally VOYTECH), (c. 950-997)
• ADALBERT, or ADELBERT (c. 1000-1072)

Adalbert von Prag (1898), a thoroughly exhaustive monograph .