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WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT THE LOCATION OF THE HERMITAGE OF THE SO-CALLED FIVE BROTHERS?

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Sosnowski M.
Roczniki Historyczne
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2005
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vol. 71
7-30
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The article discusses the problem of the location of the hermitage of the Benedictine monks (the so-called Five Brothers), who were martyred within the Piast state in 1003. In the course of the discussion that has been continuing for over a century, several possible locations have been indicated: Kazimierz Biskupi (near Konin), Kazmierz (near Poznan) and Miedzyrzecz. The author critically analyses the main points of the ongoing debate and argues that the scarcity of sources render it impossible to provide a single solution to this traditional puzzle of the early medieval studies in Poland.
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Anonimowa Passio s. Adalperti martiris (BHL 40) oraz Wiperta Historia de predicatione episcopi Brunonis (BHL 1471b) – komentarz, edycja, przekład

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Sosnowski M.
Rocznik Biblioteki Narodowej
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2012
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vol. 43
5-74
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The death of Wojciech-Adalbert (+997), a runaway bishop of Prague and a failed missionary among the pagan tribes of southern Baltic shores, spurred a number of learned circles to compose his history. The first one, along with several pious foundations, was sponsored by the emperor Otto III, not only a personal friend but also great promoter of the veneration for the new martyr. Several rewritings of this text - some substantial - and a prompt composition of new ones testify to the extent to which Adalbert's life and death was able to focus the disputes of the time. What to make of his desertion - albeit pious - of episcopacy? What was the reason for Adalbert's death? How does one proceed with a missionary endeavor? Who are the pagans? How exactly does one become a martyr? Whom are Christians to understand as the main beneficiary of this sudden outpouring of God's grace? To answer those questions was apparently not an easy task and certainly not devoid of controversy. Newly edited, annotated and translated here is the smallest and latest contribution to the early cluster of Adalbert's hagiography. Passio s. Adalperti martiris (BHL 40) in its current form is a crude abridgement of the passion written originally in the 1st quarter of the 11th century, probably in circles close to Adalbert's brother, then an archbishop at Gniezno. The textual tradition of this text is not considerable: only two manuscript copies, both held at the Bavarian State Library in Munich, with the later one being a direct copy of the first. The older one (Clm 18897), still rather from 11th century, was probably written at and certainly very early belonged to a Benedictine monastery at Tegernsee in Bavaria (hence the Polish sobriquet: Passion from Tegersee). The original provenance of the newer codex (Clm 23846) is as yet unknown, but it was certainly written in Bavaria in the 15th century. The commentary contains an oft-suggested codicological and paleographic description of the older codex with it's historically changing content. What follows is the study of author's learning (biblical, classical and patristic) and its employment for the construction of the narrative. It is also an attempt at situating the passio within the contemporary debate inside the hagiographical cluster by analyzing its author's take on some of the important issues raised by previous hagiographers. Just as the first two basic vitae were to some extent different takes on and interpretations of the same basic facts, the text edited here introduces some serious factual discrepancies. Passio s. Adalperti in the older manuscript is accompanied by a short account of preaching in Prussia by Bruno-Boniface of Querfurt (+1009) and his subsequent death there. The text (Hystoria de predicatione episcopi Brunonis) was written by someone by the name of Wipert, claiming to be one of Bruno's chaplains and the sole surviving eyewitness of the martyrdom. Because both texts form a distinct codicological unit within Clm 18897 and because Bruno himself was an author of more than one texts belonging to the early hagiographical cluster of St. Adalbert, this text is also edited, translated and annotated anew.
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