Adalbert, Bishop of Passau

file:BistumswappenPassau.JPG, Coat of Arms, Bistumswappen of Passau.Adalbert (died 15 June 970) was the 17th Bishop of Passau from 946 to 970.Herbert Wilhelm Wurster: Das Bistum Passau und seine Geschichte. 4 Bände, Straßburg 1994-2010.

In his reign was the fateful Battle of Lechfeld (955), battle on the Lechfeld of 955, in which Emperor Otto I defeated the Hungarians. For the Diocese of Passau, this meant that it was now again able to exert its effectiveness in the land below the Enns (river), Enns (i.e. Lower Austria).

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Year of birth unknown
970 deaths
10th-century bishops in Bavaria
Roman Catholic bishops of Passau

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