Radla (or ''Radula'', died after 1000) was a

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priest and tutor of

Saint Adalbert of Prague Adalbert of Prague ( la, Sanctus Adalbertus, cs, svatý Vojtěch, sk, svätý Vojtech, pl, święty Wojciech, hu, Szent Adalbert (Béla); 95623 April 997), known in the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia by his birth name Vojtěch ( la, Vo ...

( cs, Svatý Vojtěch). Only little is known about life of Radla and the available information is often contradictory. He could be the bastard son of

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, the founder of Slavník's dynasty and father of Adalbert. Radla was tutor and close friend of Adalbert (they both studied in

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) and accompanied him on his pilgrimage to

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. After Slavník's were slaughtered (995) Radla left for

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where he stayed in the service of the wife of Duke Geza. Adalbert asked Radla to be his company on travel to Polish lands but Radla opted to stay in Hungary.

Bruno of Querfurt Bruno of Querfurt ( 974 – 14 February or 9/14 March 1009), also known as ''Brun'' and ''Boniface'', was a Christian missionary bishop and martyr, who was beheaded near the border of Kievan Rus and Lithuania for trying to spread Christianity. H ...

, the creator of legend about St. Adalbert, met him there. Radla is sometimes identified with Anastasius, the first abbot of

Břevnov Monastery Břevnov Monastery ( cs, Břevnovský klášter, german: Stift Breunau) is a Benedictine archabbey in the Břevnov Břevnov () is a district in the west of Prague, located in Prague 6. The district is home to the Břevnov Monastery (Czech: ''B� ...

(from 993) or with

Astrik Saint Astrik of Pannonhalma (also known as Anastasius, Astericus, Ascrick, Astrissicus) (died c. 1030/1040) is a saint of the 11th century. Life Radla was a Czech or Croat from Bohemia, who was a monk in Hungary. He probably received the habit at ...

(Anastasius), bishop of the

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. Modern historians, however, are rather skeptical of these claims. Slovak village Radoľa could have been named after Radla (it lies in the

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area once owned by the Slavník's)
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References

* Jiří Sláma, Rostislav Nový, Jana Zachová: "Slavníkovci ve středověkém písemnictví" (''Slavník's in medieval literature''), Prague, 1987

External links

Short biography of Radla

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