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Encyclopedia > Adalbert of Egmond

Adalbert of Egmond (born in North Holland, died c.710, deacon) was a native of Northumbria and disciple of Willibrord, apostle of Frisia. Adalbert worked mainly at Egmond but possibly for a time at Utrecht. His late Life records only generalities about him together with accounts of miracles at his tomb. A Benedictine monastery dedicated to him was revied at Egmond during the first half of the 20th Century. Feast: 25 June. North Holland: (Dutch: Noord-Holland) is a province of the Netherlands, located in the northwest part of the country. ... Section from Shepherds map of the British Isles about 802 AD showing the kingdom of Northumbria Northumbria is primarily the name of an Anglian kingdom which was formed in Great Britain at the beginning of the 7th century, and of the much smaller earldom which succeeded the kingdom. ... Saint Willibrord (c. ... Frisia (known in German and Dutch as Friesland) is a region along the southeastern coasts of the North Sea. ... Adalbert (Czech: Vojtěch, Polish: Wojciech, Germanic equivalent Adalbert - the joy of warrior) was a 10th century bishop of Prague who was martyred in his efforts to convert the Baltic Prussians. ... Egmond is a former municipality in the in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... Utrecht refers to various cities and areas: A province of the Netherlands A city in the Netherlands, and capital of the province of the same name A (historic) bishopric of the Netherlands An agglomeration in the Netherlands that includes the city of Utrecht A city in South Africa, in the... Life is a multi-faceted concept. ... A Benedictine is a person who follows the Rule of Saint Benedict, whether belonging to the Roman Catholic Church, or to one of the Anglican or Protestant churches. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ...


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Adelbertus of Egmond (287 words)
A vita of Adelbertus was written at the end of the 10th century by Ruopert of Mettlach.
by G.N.M. Vis, in: Egmond en Berne: Twee verhalende historische bronnen uit de middeleeuwen (Leiden 1987), pp.
G.N.M. Vis: Adalbert van Egmond: een diaken in het gezelschap van Willibrord?
Michael Schnell (1996 words)
The Egmond Gospels are beyond doubt among the greatest achievements of Dutch cultural history of the early Middle Ages.
Adalbert, the patron saint of Egmond, for intercession with Christ.
The Gospelbook remained in Egmond till the sixteenth-century iconoclastic disturbances, when it was brought to safety in Haarlem and later on in Cologne; the richly decorated binding was, however, lost during those days.
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