Editing Adalbert of Prague (section)

===Episcopacy===
[[File:Socha Svateho Vojtecha a Radima.jpg|thumb|left|upright|210px|Monument to Adalbert and his brother Gaudentius, [[Libice nad Cidlinou]], Czech Republic]]
[[File:Adalbert Siegel Domkapitel Gnesen.png|thumb|left|upright|210px|Adalbert on a seal of the chapter of [[Gniezno Cathedral]] (Gnesen)]] 
In 981 [[Adalbert of Magdeburg]] died, and his young protege Adalbert returned to [[Bohemia]]. Later Bishop [[Dětmar|Dietmar of Prague]] ordained him a [[Catholic]] [[priest]]. In 982, Bishop Dietmar died, and Adalbert, despite being under canonical age, was chosen to succeed him as [[Bishop of Prague]].<ref name="Foley">{{cite web |url = http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Saints/Saint.aspx?id=1910, |title = "St. Adalbert of Prague", Franciscan Media |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053145/http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Saints/Saint.aspx?id=1910, |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Amiable and somewhat worldly, he was not expected to trouble the secular powers by making excessive claims for the Church.{{sfn|Butler|2003|p=181}} Although Adalbert was from a wealthy family, he avoided comfort and luxury, and was noted for his charity and austerity. After six years of preaching and prayer, he had made little headway in evangelising the Bohemians, who maintained deeply embedded pagan beliefs.

Adalbert opposed the participation of Christians in the [[slavery|slave]] trade and complained of [[polygamy]] and idolatry, which were common among the people. Once he started to propose reforms he was met with opposition from both the secular powers and the clergy. His family refused to support Duke [[Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia|Boleslaus]] in an unsuccessful war against Poland. Adalbert was no longer welcome and eventually forced into exile.<ref name=":0" /> In 988 he went to [[Rome]]. He lived as a hermit at the Benedictine [[Santi Bonifacio e Alessio|monastery of Saint Alexis]]. Five years later, Boleslaus requested that the [[Pope]] send Adalbert back to Prague, in hopes of securing his family's support. [[Pope John XV]] agreed, with the understanding that Adalbert was free to leave Prague if he continued to encounter entrenched resistance. Adalbert returned as bishop of Prague, where he was initially received with demonstrations of apparent joy. Together with a group of [[Italians|Italian]] Benedictine monks which brought with him, he founded in 14 January 993 a [[Brevnov Monastery|monastery in Břevnov]] (then situated westward from Prague, now part of the city), the second oldest monastery on Czech territory.

In 995, the [[Slavniks]]' former rivalry with the Přemyslids, who were allied with the powerful Bohemian clan of the [[Vršovci|Vršovid]]s, resulted in the storming of the Slavnik town of [[Libice nad Cidlinou]], which was led by the Přemyslid [[Boleslaus II the Pious]]. During the struggle four or five of Adalbert's brothers [[Massacre of the Slavníks|were killed]]. The Zlič Principality became part of the Přemyslids' estate. Adalbert unsuccessfully attempted to protect a noblewoman caught in adultery. She had fled to a convent, where she was killed. In upholding the right of sanctuary, Bishop Adalbert responded by excommunicating the murderers. Butler suggests that the incident was orchestrated by enemies of his family.{{sfn|Butler|2003|p=181}}

After this, Adalbert could not safely stay in Bohemia and escaped from Prague. [[Strachkvas]] was eventually appointed to be his successor. However, Strachkvas suddenly died during the liturgy at which he was to accede to his episcopal office in Prague. The cause of his death is still ambiguous. The Pope directed Adalbert to resume his see, but believing that he would not be allowed back, Adalbert requested a brief as an itinerant missionary.<ref name="Foley" />

Adalbert then traveled to [[Hungary]] and probably baptized [[Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians|Géza of Hungary]] and his son [[Stephen of Hungary|Stephen]] in [[Esztergom]]. Then he went to [[Poland]] where he was cordially welcomed by [[Boleslaus I of Poland|then-Duke Boleslaus I]] and installed as Bishop of [[Gniezno]].