June 20 Saint Adalbert of Magdeburg

IrapuatoJun 19, 2014

June 20 Saint Adalbert of Magdeburg.
Adalbert, possibly born in Alsace, was a German monk at the Benedictine Monastery of Saint Maximinus in Trier. He was consecrated a bishop and in 961 he was sent to Kievan Rus. Princess Olga of Kiev had asked Emperor Otto the Great to provide her with a missionary from the Church of Rome. Her son, Svyatoslav opposed her and took her crown from her as soon as Adalbert arrived in Kievan Rus. Adalbert's mission companions were slain and Adalbert was barely able to escape. Kievan Rus subsequently accepted conversion from Constantinople and Byzantine Christianity.
Upon escaping, Adalbert traveled to Mainz, where he became abbot of Wissembourg in Alsace. Once there, he worked to improve the education of the monks. He later became archbishop of Magdeburg, a city in Saxony-Anhalt.
The archbishoprics of Hamburg and Bremen had been created with the intent that they would act as bases for missionary activity in northern and eastern Europe. The Archbishopric of Magdeburg was now designated to provide missionary programs for the eastern European Slavs. Adalbert also established dioceses at Naumburg, Meissen, Merseburg, Brandenburg, Havelberg and Poznań in Poland. A student in Adalbert's time who went on to do important work among the Slavs was Vojtěch of Prague, later canonized as Saint Adalbert of Prague.

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Friday of the Eleventh week in Ordinary Time
2nd book of Kings 11:1-4.9-18.20.
When Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead, she began to kill off the whole royal family.
But Jehosheba, daughter of King Jehoram and sister of Ahaziah, took Joash, his son, and spirited him away, along with his nurse, from the bedroom where the princes were about to be slain. She concealed him from Athaliah, and so he did not die.
For six years he remained hidden in the temple of the LORD, while Athaliah ruled the land.
But in the seventh year, Jehoiada summoned the captains of the Carians and of the guards. He had them come to him in the temple of the LORD, exacted from them a sworn commitment, and then showed them the king's son.
The captains did just as Jehoiada the priest commanded. Each one with his men, both those going on duty for the sabbath and those going off duty that week, came to Jehoiada the priest.
He gave the captains King David's spears and shields, which were in the temple of the LORD.
And the guards, with drawn weapons, lined up from the southern to the northern limit of the enclosure, surrounding the altar and the temple on the king's behalf.
Then Jehoiada led out the king's son and put the crown and the insignia upon him. They proclaimed him king and anointed him, clapping their hands and shouting, "Long live the king!"
Athaliah heard the noise made by the people, and appeared before them in the temple of the LORD.
When she saw the king standing by the pillar, as was the custom, and the captains and trumpeters near him, with all the people of the land rejoicing and blowing trumpets, she tore her garments and cried out, "Treason, treason!"
Then Jehoiada the priest instructed the captains in command of the force: "Bring her outside through the ranks. If anyone follows her," he added, "let him die by the sword." He had given orders that she should not be slain in the temple of the LORD.
She was led out forcibly to the horse gate of the royal palace, where she was put to death.
Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD as one party and the king and the people as the other, by which they would be the LORD'S people; and another covenant, between the king and the people.
Thereupon all the people of the land went to the temple of Baal and demolished it. They shattered its altars and images completely, and slew Mattan, the priest of Baal, before the altars. After appointing a detachment for the temple of the LORD, Jehoiada
All the people of the land rejoiced and the city was quiet, now that Athaliah had been slain with the sword at the royal palace.
Psalms 132(131):11.12.13-14.17-18.
The LORD swore to David
a firm promise from which he will not withdraw:
"Your own offspring
I will set upon your throne."
"If your sons keep my covenant
and the decrees which I shall teach them,
their sons, too, forever
shall sit upon your throne."
For the LORD has chosen Zion;
He prefers her for his dwelling.
"Zion is my resting place forever;
In her will I dwell, for I prefer her."
"In her will I make a horn to sprout forth for David;
I will place a lamp for my anointed.
his enemies I will clothe with shame,
but upon him my crown shall shine."
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 6:19-23.
Jesus said to his disciples: "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and decay destroy, and thieves break in and steal.
But store up treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor decay destroys, nor thieves break in and steal.
For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.
The lamp of the body is the eye. If your eye is sound, your whole body will be filled with light;
but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be in darkness. And if the light in you is darkness, how great will the darkness be."
Commentary of the day : Saint Vincent de Paul
"Where your treasure is, there also will your heart be"
dailygospel.org/main.php

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IrapuatoJun 19, 2014

20. Juni Der heilige Adalbert von Magdeburg
Der heilige Adalbert von Magdeburg (auch: Albert, Adelbert, Adalbert I., Albertus I., Adalbertus; * um 910 in Lothringen; † 20. Juni 981 in Zscherben) war erster Erzbischof von Magdeburg, Missionar und Geschichtsschreiber.
Seine Herkunft ist strittig. So wurde vermutet, dass er der Urgroßenkel des 906 hingerichteten Babenbergers Adalbert gewesen sein könnte.[1] Diese Annahme beruht auf dem Leitnamenprinzip. Der These Theo Kölzers zufolge, der sich auf eine Quelle aus dem Stift Borghorst beruft, soll Adalbert demgegenüber als Bruder der mit Bernhard von Sachsen vermählten Stiftsgründerin Berta zu identifizieren sein.[2]
Adalbert wirkte zunächst in der Kanzlei des Erzbischofs von Köln und war ab 953 in der königlichen Kanzlei tätig. Von 958 bis 961 lebte er als Mönch im Kloster St. Maximin in Trier.[3] 961 wurde er auf Empfehlung des Erzbischofs Wilhelm von Mainz, unehelicher Sohn Ottos I. mit einer slawischen Prinzessin, in der Funktion eines Missionsbischofs in das Reich der Kiewer Rus entsandt. Erfolglos, nur knapp dem Tod entronnen, kehrte er jedoch bereits 962 zurück. Trotz dieser erfolglosen Missionsreise wurde er Anfang 966 vom Kaiser zum Abt des Klosters Weißenburg ernannt und begleitete Otto II. 967 nach Italien. In den Jahren 966/967 soll Adalbert eine Fortsetzung der Weltchronik des Regino von Prüm für die Jahre 907 bis 967 verfasst haben. Diese gilt als das „einzige bedeutende ottonische Annalenwerk des 10. Jahrhunderts“.[4] Am 24. Dezember 968 wurde er vom Kaiser zum Erzbischof des neu gebildeten Erzbistums Magdeburg bestimmt. Ihm gelang es, die Magdeburger Domschule zum Bildungszentrum des Reiches auszubauen und damit die Bedeutung von Magdeburg noch einmals wesentlich zu erhöhen. Als Erzbischof hatte er weiterhin engen Kontakt mit dem Königshof. Adalbert empfing zahlreiche Urkunden von Otto I. und Otto II. Jedoch ist Adalbert in der Reichspolitik nicht mehr hervorgetreten. Der Aufbau des Erzbistums dürfte seine Haupttätigkeit gewesen sein.
981 starb Adalbert in der Nähe von Halle und erlebte damit die Vernichtung der Bistümer Havelberg und Brandenburg im Slawenaufstand von 983 nicht mehr. Das Grab Adalberts befindet sich im Magdeburger Dom. Adalbert wurde später heiliggesprochen. Sein katholischer Gedenktag ist der 20. Juni. Das Interesse der Mediävistik an der Person Adalberts und seines Werkes ist aber gering geblieben. Eine erste grundlegende Untersuchung legte Karl Hauck erst 1974 vor.
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IrapuatoJun 19, 2014

le 20 juin saint Adalbert de Magdebourg
Adalbert, premier archevêque de Magdebourg et apôtre des Slaves et des Russes, est né vers 910, probablement en Lorraine, et mort le 20 juin 981.
Vers 950 Adalbert travaille avec Brunon, archevêque de Cologne et frère cadet du roi Otton Ier. En 953, il est au service du roi. En 958 ou en 959, il entre au monastère bénédictin de Saint-Maximin de Trèves.
Sur la recommandation de l'archevêque Guillaume de Mayence, le roi Otton l'envoie en 961 diriger une mission évangélisatrice à Kiev, à la demande de la régente Olga, convertie à Constantinople en 957. Mais à Kiev, le fils d'Olga, Sviatoslav, qui est resté païen, prend le pouvoir. La mission est attaquée dès son entrée en Russie, des prêtres sont tués, et Adalbert échappe de peu à la mort. Il rentre à Mayence en 962 où il écrit la suite de la chronique universelle de Réginon de Prüm pour les années 907 à 967.
En 966 il est nommé par Otton Ier abbé de Wissembourg en Alsace. Il adopte la réforme monastique de l'abbaye de Gorze. En 967, il accompagne en Italie Otton, désormais empereur. Le pape Jean XIII confirme la fondation du diocèse de Magdebourg au synode de Ravenne en avril 967. Le 18 octobre 968, Adalbert devient le premier évêque titulaire du diocèse de Magdebourg avec le consentement du pape et de l'empereur, avec pour mission d'évangéliser les Slaves au-delà de l'Elbe [1].
Il fonde en 968 une école cathédrale dans son diocèse, où étudie à partir de 972 le futur Adalbert de Prague.
À sa mort, le 20 juin 981, il est inhumé dans la cathédrale de Magdebourg. Plus tard, il est canonisé. Sa fête est célébrée le 20 juin.
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IrapuatoJun 19, 2014

June 20 Saint Adalbert of Magdeburg
Saint Adalbert (sometimes Albert; died 20 June 981), sometimes known as the Apostle of the Slavs, was the first Archbishop of Magdeburg (from 968)[1] and a successful missionary to the Slavic peoples to the east of Germany. He was later canonised; his feast day is June 20.
Adalbert, possibly born in Alsace, was a German monk at the Benedictine Monastery of Saint Maximinus in Trier. He was consecrated a bishop and in 961 he was sent to Kievan Rus. Princess Olga of Kiev had asked Emperor Otto the Great to provide her with a missionary from the Church of Rome. Her son, Svyatoslav opposed her and took her crown from her as soon as Adalbert arrived in Kievan Rus. Adalbert's mission companions were slain and Adalbert was barely able to escape. Kievan Rus subsequently accepted conversion from Constantinople and Byzantine Christianity.
Upon escaping, Adalbert traveled to Mainz, where he became abbot of Wissembourg in Alsace. Once there, he worked to improve the education of the monks. He later became archbishop of Magdeburg, a city in Saxony-Anhalt.
The archbishoprics of Hamburg and Bremen had been created with the intent that they would act as bases for missionary activity in northern and eastern Europe. The Archbishopric of Magdeburg was now designated to provide missionary programs for the eastern European Slavs. Adalbert also established dioceses at Naumburg, Meissen, Merseburg, Brandenburg, Havelberg and Poznań in Poland. A student in Adalbert's time who went on to do important work among the Slavs was Vojtěch of Prague, later canonized as Saint Adalbert of Prague.
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