Adalbert of Prague
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Adalbert of Prague, Polish: Święty Wojciech, known in the Czechia, Poland and Slovakia by his birth name Wojciech/Vojtěch, was a Czech missionary and Christian saint. He is the patron Saint of Poland.
Portrait by Mihály Kovács, 1855
Monument to Adalbert and his brother Gaudentius, Libice nad Cidlinou, Czech Republic
The execution of Saint Adalbert by the pagan Prussians, Gniezno Doors
Silver coffin of Adalbert, Cathedral in Gniezno
Bogurodzica
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Bogurodzica, in English known as the Mother of God, is a medieval Christian hymn composed sometime between the 10th and 13th centuries in Poland. It is believed to be the oldest religious hymn or patr
Adalbert of Prague
…martyred in his efforts to convert the Baltic Prussians to Christianity. He is said to be the composer of the oldest Czech hymn Hospodine, pomiluj ny and Bogurodzica, the oldest known Polish anthem but his authorship of them has not been confirmed. Adalbert was later declared the patron saint of the Czech Republic…
Bogurodzica manuscript, 1407
Bogurodzica (1506)
Bogurodzica, by Józef Brandt (1909)