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THE DESCRPTION OF SAINT ADALBERT OF PRAGUE The Patron of the Archdiocese of Esztergom Feast Day: April 23

The patron of Bohemia, Poland, Hungary and Prussia, was born Vojtech in circa 956 AD in Libice nad Cidlinou, Duchy of Bohemia (modern-day Czech Republic) to a noble Czech family.

After studying for two decades under Adalbert of Magdeburg, he changed his baptismal name of Vojtech to Adalbert, as a token of gratitude for his beloved mentor. He was ordained a priest in 980 by Dietmar of Prague, and two years later at the young age of 26, he became the bishop of Prague. Despite the fact that he belonged to a rich family, he led a poor and simple lifestyle. Adalbert was noted for his charity, austerity, and zealous apostolate.

Although Bohemia was a Christian country, many pagan beliefs were still deeply embedded in the minds of the people. He fought valiantly against polygamy, idolatry, and the slave trade.

In 988, Adalbert resigned from his diocese and went to Rome, where he lived as a hermit in the Benedictine monastery of St. Alexis (now called Santi Bonifacio ed Alessio). Five years later, Pope John XV sent him back as bishop of Prague.

In 995, due to political struggles, his brothers were killed, and Adalbert flew to Hungary and Poland. He went as a missionary to Prussia. It was a standard procedure of Christian missionaries to try to chop down sacred oak trees, which were believed to be inhabited by powerful spirits.

Since he attempted to enter the sacred oak groves near Primorsk on April 23, 997, he was received the crown of martyrdom.

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cruger2984 · 11 hours

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THE DESCRIPTION OF SAINT FIDELIS OF SIGMARINGEN The Patron of Lawyers and the Protomartyr of the Congregation of Propaganda Fide Feast Day: April 24

"It is because of faith, that we exchange the present for the future."

Fidelis was born Mark Roy or Rey, in 1577, in the town of Sigmaringen, a town in modern-day Germany, then under the Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. His father's name was John Rey.

After gaining a Doctorate in Law at the University of Freiburg, he began embracing the cause of the oppressed, earning for himself the nickname of 'Poor Man's Lawyer', because upon his return, he practiced law as a counselor or advocate, at Colmar in Alsace, France.

In 1612, he left a promising career to enter the Capuchin order along with his brother George, where he was ordained a priest. Upon entering the order, the Custos (guardian) gave him the religious name of Fidelis, the Latin word for 'faithful', alluding to that text from the Book of Revelation which promises a crown of life to him who shall continue faithful to the end.

He led a life of penance and prayer, and was continuously engaged in preaching and hearing confessions.

He often exclaimed: 'Woe to me if I should prove myself, but a halfhearted soldier, in the service of my thorn-crowned Captain!'

At the request of the Congregation of Propaganda Fide (Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples), he undertook a mission among the Zwinglians in the canton of the Grisons in Switzerland, and to preach in the Graubünden region of eastern Switzerland. Eight other Capuchin friars were to be his assistants, and they labored in this mission under his direction.

He spent much time at the foot of the altar, being convinced that prayer could achieve more than sermons. The conversion of many Protestants enraged his opponents - the Calvinists, who plotted to assassinate him.

On April 24, 1622, as he was preaching at Grüsch, he said: 'O Catholic faith, how solid, how strong you are! How deeply rooted on a solid rock! Heaven and earth will pass away, but you can never pass away.'

From Grüsch, he went to Seewis im Prättigau, where he was met by a band of heretics who killed him. Before receiving the death-stroke, he prayed for his persecutors.

The conversion of the Protestant minister, who witnessed the assassination, was the first fruit of his martyrdom. After six months, the martyr's body was found to be incorrupt, but his head and left arm were separated from his body.

The body parts were then placed into two reliquaries, one sent to the Cathedral of Coire, at the behest of the bishop, and laid under the High Altar; the other was placed in the Capuchin church at Weltkirchen, Feldkirch, Austria.

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