Christian feast day: Adalbert of Magdeburg

Adalbert of Magdeburg

French saint, archbishop and missionary (c. 910 – 981)

Adalbert of Magdeburg, sometimes incorrectly shortened to "Albert", known as the Apostle of the Slavs, was the first Archbishop of Magdeburg and a successful missionary to the Polabian Slavs to the east of what was contemporarily Germany. He was later canonised and his…