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Dictionary definition: Adalbert of Magdeburg
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Adalbert of Magdeburg
(d. 981), archbishop. Details of his early life are unknown, but he became a monk at St. Maximin of Trier. The emperor Otto the Great and his English wife Edith founded a monastery at Magdeburg to provide a base for evangelizing the Slavs: this was a policy he favoured for both religious and political reasons. At the request of
Olga
of Kiev, a recently converted septuagenarian ruler, a Christian mission was sent there, headed by Adalbert. This mission ended in failure, not through Adalbert's fault, but because Olga's son Svyatoslav superseded her: he was not a Christian ...
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... ... microscopy (FF-TEM), scientists in Magdeburg, Germany report. The results show that ... Gao and colleagues, University of Magdeburg. The researchers concluded: These unique ... information, contact A. Voigt, University of Magdeburg, Institute Chemical, University of ...
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