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Tag: Who was Adalbert of Magdeburg
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Adalbert of Magdeburg, Apostle of the Slavs
St Adalbert (910 ca. – 981) was born into a wealthy family at Alsace or Lorraine, France. Having survived a serious illness, he became a Monk at St Maximinus Benedictine Monastery in Trier, Germany. Following a request from Princess Olga of Kiev for a Catholic Missionary, St Aldabert and some of his Companions travelled to Russia.…