ADALBERT, Archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg. - Born at the beginning of the 11th century at Goslar, died 16 March 1072. He studied at Halberstadt; in 1032 he became a canon of Bremen and then provost of Halberstadt until 1045, when he was consecrated archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg. Of a very energetic character, he thought of nothing but the glory of his archdiocese. He took part in the Synod of Sutri without, however, accepting the papal tiara that was offered to him; he won the friendship of the Emperor Henry III and that of the popes Leo IX and Victor II; he worked to make his see a center of spiritual radiance and to raise it to a patriarchate. He sent missionaries to Scandinavia, to Greenland, to Iceland, to the Orkney Islands, and among the Wends and the Slavs of northern Germany. In Denmark and in the Scandinavian countries he made his influence as vicar and pontifical legate felt, founding dioceses there as well. The spirit of independence of the northern countries, however, clashed with the creation of a German church, giving rise to serious difficulties. If his merits are incontestable for the missionary work carried out in those countries, the same cannot be said of the influence he exercised over the young Emperor Henry IV, whose education he neglected in order to obtain his favor. But in 1066 he was removed by him with the loss of all his possessions, which were only partially restored to him in 1069, when he recovered the imperial favor. A. was buried in the cathedral of Bremen, which he had built.
Bibliography5 worksA.'s chief biographer is Adam of Bremen, who devotes to him the whole Book III of the Greta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum, edited in M
BIBL.: A.'s chief biographer is Adam of Bremen, who devotes to him the whole Book III of the Greta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum, edited in MGH, Script., VII, Hannover 1847, pp. 335-67. Also to be consulted: Lambert of Hersfeld, Annales, in MGH, Script., V, Hannover 1844, passim; and Bruno, De bello Saxonico, ibid., passim. - For the literature one should consult above all: G. Meyer von Knonau, Jahrbücher des deutschen Reiches unter Heinrich IV. und Heinrich V., II, Leipzig 1894, pp. 121-147; W. Schöneke, Personalund Amtsdaten der Erzbischöfe von Hamburg-Bremen vom Jahre 831 bis 1511, Greifswald 1915; J. Beilich, Die Persönlichkeit Erzbischof Adalberts von Bremen in der Darstellung seines Biographen Adam auf Grund der Zeitanschauungen, Breslau 1918; A. Fliche, L'Europe occidentale de 888 à 1125, Paris 1930, p. 352 ff.
van, Hulst Cesario. “Adalberto, arcivescovo di brema-amburgo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 263. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/adalberto-arcivescovo-di-brema-amburgo.
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van, Hulst Cesario. “Adalberto, arcivescovo di brema-amburgo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 263. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/adalberto-arcivescovo-di-brema-amburgo.
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@incollection{ec1_adalberto_arcivescovo_di_brema,
author = {van, Hulst Cesario},
title = {Adalberto, arcivescovo di brema-amburgo},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {I},
pages = {263},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1948},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/adalberto-arcivescovo-di-brema-amburgo}
}
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