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Vojtech was born of a noble family in Bohemia. He studied for ten years in Magdeburg? under St. Adalbert. When Adalbert died, he took on the name Adalbert Vojtech. The pope called him several times to Bohemia and to go on crusades. Adalbert baptized Geysa and Stephan, rulers of Hungary and he also christianized the Poles. |
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Vojtech was born of a noble family in Bohemia. He studied for ten years in Magdeburg? under St. Adalbert. When Adalbert died, he took on the name Adalbert Vojtech. The popes sent him several times to Bohemia. Adalbert baptized Geysa and Stephan, rulers of Hungary and he also christianized the Poles. |
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It was a standard procedure of Christian missionaries to try to chop down sacred oak trees (see Iconoclasm), which they had done in many other places, including Saxony. Because the trees were worshipped and the spirits who inhabited the trees were feared for the powers they possessed, this was supposed to demonstrate that Christianity was mightier than these nature spirits. |
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It was a standard procedure of Christian missionaries to try to chop down sacred oak trees (see Iconoclasm), which they had done in many other places, including Saxony. Because the trees were worshipped and the spirits who inhabited the trees were feared for the powers they possessed, this was done to demonstrate to the non-Christians that no supernatural powers protected the trees from the Christians. |
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