Saint Adalbert
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008
Saint Adalbert , 956-97, bishop of Prague, b. Bohemia. He was a missionary in Russia, Prussia, and Poland and was martyred in Danzig. He is patron of Bohemia and Poland. Feast: Apr. 23.
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