Adalbert
Life and witness
In Prussia, the birth-day of St. Adalbert, bishop of Prague, and martyr, who preached the Gospel to the Polonians and Hungarians.
Biographical overview
Adalbert is a German given name which means "noble bright" or "noble shining", derived from the words adal (meaning noble) and berht (shining or bright). Alternative spellings include Adelbart, Adelbert and Adalberto. Derivative names include Albert and Elbert. Because St Adalbert of Prague (†997), early mediaeval missionary who became Czech, Polish and Hungarian patron saint, at his confirmation changed his name from native Vojtěch to Adalbert, this Germanic name has been artificially assigned to Slavonic Vojtěch/Wojciech ("he who is happy in battle") and via the same process have been the names Vojtěch and Adalbert connected with Hungarian name Béla (maybe "inner part") – so, in Central European settings these three names are taken as the equivalents, although they have no linguistic connection to each other.
Martyrologium Romanum · Latin witness
In vico Tenkitten, ad sinum Venedicum, in Borussia, item natalis sancti Adalberti, Episcopi Pragensis et Martyris, qui Polonis et Hungaris Evangelium praedicavit.