Saint Bruno of Querfurt (c. 970-1009), also known as Brun and Boniface is sometimes called the Apostle of the Prussians. Events Major volcano eruption in Mashu Japan Devastating decade long famine begins in France Byzantine Emperor John I successfully defends the Eastern Roman Empire from massive barbarian invasion Construction completed on Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo, worlds oldest Islamic university Births Leif Ericson, Norse explorer Seyyed Razi, important Muslim... Events February 14: First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg. ...

Bruno was from a noble family of Querfurt, Saxony. He is said to have been a relative of the Holy Roman Emperor Otto III. At the age of six he was sent to be educated in Magdeburg, seat of Saint Adalbert. While still a youth he was made a canon of Magdeburg cathedral. With an area of 18,413 km² and a population of 4. ... Adalbert of Magdeburg ( d. ... View of Magdeburg with the cathedral, from the tower of the Johanniskirche Magdeburg, the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, lies on the Elbe river. ...

The fifteen-year-old Otto III made Bruno a part of his royal court. While in Rome for Otto's imperial coronation, Bruno met Adalbert of Prague, who was martyred a year later. Bruno spent much time at the monastery where Adalbert had become a monk and where abbot John Canaparius wrote a life of Saint Adalbert . Bruno entered a monastery near Ravenna, founded by Otto, and underwent severe ascetic training under the guidance of St. Romuald. 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. ... John Canaparius (Jan Kanaperiusz) was a Benedictine monk at Aventine monastery in Rome. ... For other places named Ravenna, see Ravenna (disambiguation). ... The word ascetic derives from the ancient Greek term askesis (practice, training or exercise). ...

The pope appointed Bruno to mission among the pagan peoples of eastern Europe. Because of conflict between the Empire and Boleslaus I, duke of Poland, Bruno set out from Mainz for Hungary. There he went to the places that Saint Adalbert of Prague had attended. Bruno tried to convert the leader of "Black Hungary" named Achtum or Axum, but he encountered strong opposition, including that of the Greek monks there. Reign From 992 until 1025 Coronation On April 18, 1025 in Gniezno Cathedral, Poland Royal House Piast Coat of Arms Orzeł Piastowski Parents Mieszko I Dubrawka Consorts Rikdaga Judith Enmilda Oda Children with Judith Bezprym with Enmilda Regelina Mieszko II Lambert Otton with Oda Matylda Date of Birth 966/ 967... Map of Germany showing Mainz Mainz (French: Mayence) is a city in Germany and the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. ...

After this failure, Bruno went to Kiev, where Grand Duke Vladimir I authorised him to make converts among the Pechenegs north of the Black Sea between the Danube and the Don rivers. The Pechenegs were considered the fiercest of all the pagan peoples, but Bruno spent five months there and baptized many. He helped to bring about a peace treaty between them and the Kiev ruler. After consecrating a bishop of the area he went to Poland. Kiev (Ukrainian: ; Russian: ), also Kyiv, is the capital and largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper river. ... Detail of the Millenium of Russia monument in Novgorod (1862) representing St Vladimir and his family. ... Pechenegs or Patzinaks, also known as Besenyők, were a semi-nomadic steppes people of Central Asia that spoke a Turkic language. ... Satellite view of the Black Sea, taken by NASA MODIS Cities of the Black Sea The Black Sea (known as the Euxine Sea in antiquity) is an inland sea between southeastern Europe and Asia Minor. ... Length 2,888 km Elevation of the source 1,078 m Average discharge 30 km before Passau: 580 m³/s Vienna: 1,900 m³/s Budapest: 2,350 m³/s just before Delta: 6,500 m³/s Area watershed 817,000 km² Origin Black Forest (Schwarzwald-Baar, Baden- Württemberg, Germany... This article is about the river in Western Russia. ...

In Poland he consecrated a bishop from Sweden. While there he found out that his friend Benedict and four companions had been killed by robbers in 1003. Bruno took eyewitness accounts and wrote down a touching history of the so-called Five Martyred Brothers. In 1008 Bruno wrote a letter to Henry I, Holy Roman Emperor. exhorting him to show clemency towards Boleslaus I. Henry I, the Fowler (German, Heinrich der Vogler) (876 - July 2, 936), was duke of Saxony from 912 and king of the Germans from 919 until his death in 936. ... Boleslaus I can refer to: Boleslaus I of Poland Boleslaus I of Bohemia This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

At the end of 1008 Bruno and eighteen companions set out to found a mission among the Prussians, but met with little success. They then traveled to the north-east, preaching everywhere they went. In 1009 at the Baltic Sea coast near Braunsberg they were martyred. Annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg wrote about it. It was the first time Lithuania was mentioned. Duke Boleslaus bought the bodies and had them brought to Poland. They were laid probably in Przemyśl south-east of Poland where historians place Bruno's diocese. Archeological works conducted in 1961 found XI century chapel in the underground of the current latin basilica. There were 19 bodies found there including one buried in special niche in the wall of the chapel. The Prussian people, or (old) Prussians, were Indo-European Balts inhabiting the area around the Curonian and Vistula Lagoons (i. ... The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of Eastern Europe and Central Europe, and the Danish islands. ... Braniewo is a city in northeastern Poland: Warmia - Mazury voivodship). ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...

Soon after his death Bruno and his companions were revered as martyrs and Saint Bruno was canonized. This article discusses the process of declaring saints. ...

The city of Braunsberg (earlier Brunsberg) in east Prussia was named for Saint Bruno. Braniewo is a city in northeastern Poland: Warmia - Mazury voivodship). ... The Province of Prussia was a province of Poland from the 15th century until 1660, consisting of Royal Prussia and Ducal Prussia. ...