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Radim Gaudentius ( cs, Svatý Radim, pl, Radzim Gaudenty) (c. 970 – c. 1020) was
Archbishop of Gniezno
This is a list of archbishops of the Archdiocese of Gniezno, who are simultaneously primates of Poland since 1418.Polish archbishop.
* Attwater, D.: Slovník svatých, Vimperk 1993
* Attwater, Donald and Catherine Rachel John. ''The Penguin Dictionary of Saints''. 3rd edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1993. .
* Bruno z Querfurtu: Život svatého Vojtěcha, Praha 1996
* Kolektiv: Bohemia Sancta: životopisy českých světců a přátel Božích, Praha 1990
* Kolektiv: Svatý Vojtěch, sborník k mileniu, Praha 1997
* Michal Lutovský, Zdeněk Petráň: Slavníkovci
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960s births Medieval Bohemian nobility 11th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Poland Archbishops of Gniezno 11th-century deaths Slavník dynasty 11th-century Bohemian people {{Poland-RC-bishop-stub
Background
Radim was an illegitimate son of White Croatian Prince Slavník, and thus the half-brother ofAdalbert 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, ...
.
In 989, the two journeyed to Rome where they joined the Benedictine monastery of Sts. Boniface and Alexius on the Aventine, with Radim adopting the name Gaudencius or Gaudentius. He accompanied Adalbert on his fatal journey to Prussia
Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an e ...
in 997.
Surviving the mission fatal to his half-brother, back in Rome he related the events of the journey to Abbot
Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the male head of a monastery in various Western religious traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not the head of a monastery. Th ...
John Canaparius, who wrote a biography of Adalbert, and worked to promote his canonization
Canonization is the declaration of a deceased person as an officially recognized saint, specifically, the official act of a Christian communion declaring a person worthy of public veneration and entering their name in the canon catalogue of ...
.
Historians are not certain with regards to his date of death, suggesting a range of 1006 to 1022. His date of birth is also an estimate, in the range of late 960s to early 970s.
In Czech Republic he is commemorated as Saint Radim in the national liturgical calendar
The liturgical year, also called the church year, Christian year or kalendar, consists of the cycle of liturgical seasons in Christian churches that determines when feast days, including celebrations of saints, are to be observed, and which ...
with an optional memorial on Oct. 12. Commemorated on January 5 in Orthodox Church. See Wikipedia Eastern Orthodox Liturgics.
Further reading
* Attwater, D.: Slovník svatých, Vimperk 1993
* Attwater, Donald and Catherine Rachel John. ''The Penguin Dictionary of Saints''. 3rd edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1993. .
* Bruno z Querfurtu: Život svatého Vojtěcha, Praha 1996
* Kolektiv: Bohemia Sancta: životopisy českých světců a přátel Božích, Praha 1990
* Kolektiv: Svatý Vojtěch, sborník k mileniu, Praha 1997
* Michal Lutovský, Zdeněk Petráň: Slavníkovci
References
External links
Virtual tour Gniezno Cathedral
960s births Medieval Bohemian nobility 11th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Poland Archbishops of Gniezno 11th-century deaths Slavník dynasty 11th-century Bohemian people {{Poland-RC-bishop-stub