Vojtěch (English spelling)

Japanese: ボイチェフ(英語表記)Vojtěch
Vojtěch (English spelling)
956-997
Bishop of Prague. Born into a Bohemian noble family. He was martyred for evangelizing the pagan Prussians, and is revered as a national saint in Czechoslovakia, Poland, and other places. His baptismal name was Vojčech, but he later took the name of his teacher, Bishop Adalbertus of Magdeburg, and is known in Western Europe as Adalbertus of Prague. He became Bishop of Prague in 983, but was unable to carry out his duties for political reasons, and fled to Rome in 990.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
956ころ‐997
プラハ司教。ボヘミアの貴族の出身。異教徒のプロイセン人に布教して殉教,チェコスロバキア,ポーランドなどで国民的聖人として尊敬されている。洗礼名はボイチェフだが,のちに師マクデブルク司教アダルベルトゥスAdalbertusの名をとり,西欧ではプラハのアダルベルトゥス(アダルベルトAdalbert)として知られている。983年にプラハ司教となったが,政治上の理由で職務を遂行できなくなり,990年ローマに逃れた。

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