Adalbert, St.

Adalbert, St. the apostle of the Prussians, was a native of Prague, and was chosen its bishop in 982. His austerity irritated the lawless and but recently converted Bohemians, and he was obliged to flee from his diocese. Soon after his return, he left it anew to carry the gospel to the Hungarians. He afterwards preached without much success to the heathen Poles and Prussians, and was murdered by the latter, 23d April 997. His body was buried in the cathedral at Gnesen, and afterwards carried to Prague; and here, in 1880, his bones were discovered in a vault and re-interred in the cathedral.