Adalbert of Prague
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Adalbert of Prague （Latin: Sanctus Adalbertus, Czech: svatý Vojtěch, Slovak: svätý Vojtech, Polish: święty Wojciech, Hungarian: Szent Adalbert; c. 956 – 23 April 997）,
known in Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia by his birth name Vojtěch （Latin: 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 his authorship of it has not been confirmed.
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.
Born as Vojtěch in 952 or ca.
956 in gord Libice, he belonged to the Slavnik clan, one of the two most powerful families in Bohemia.
Events from his life were later recorded by a Bohemian priest Cosmas of Prague （1045–1125）.
Vojtěch's father was Slavník （d. 978–981）, a duke ruling a province centred at Libice.
His mother was Střezislava （d. 985–987）, and according to David Kalhous belonged to the Přemyslid dynasty.
He had five brothers: Soběslav, Spytimír, Dobroslav, Pořej, and Čáslav.
Cosmas also refers to Radim （later Gaudentius） as a brother; who is believed to have been a half-brother by his father's liaison with another woman.
After he survived a grave illness in childhood, his parents decided to dedicate him to the service of God.
Adalbert was well educated, having studied for approximately ten years （970-80） in Ma...
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