Adalbert
, a German divine, of the tenth century,
archbishop of Magdeburg, was educated in the monastery
of St. Maximum of Treves, and promoted to the above see in
the year 968. Previous to that, in the year 961, he was
employed by the emperor Otho I. to preach the gospel to
the people along the Baltic sea, and the Sclavonians with
the latter he had considerable success. 4
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