Adalbert, Bishop of Passau

Adalbert (died 15 June 970) was the 17th Bishop of Passau from 946 to 970.[1][2][3][4]

Bistumswappen of Passau.

In his reign was the fateful battle on the Lechfeld of 955, in which Emperor Otto I defeated the Hungarians. For the Diocese of Passau, this meant that it was now again able to exert its effectiveness in the land below the Enns (i.e. Lower Austria).

References
  1. "Liste aller Bischöfe des Bistums". Archived from the original on 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2017-07-04.
  2. Franz-Reiner Erkens: Faktoren episkopaler Dignität. In: Passauer Jahrbuch XLIX, (Passau, 2007) (p 11–28).
  3. August Leidl: Die Bischöfe von Passau 739–1968 in Kurzbiographien, (1978), Verlag des Vereins für Ostbairische Heimatforschung Passau.
  4. Herbert Wilhelm Wurster: Das Bistum Passau und seine Geschichte. 4 Bände, Straßburg 1994-2010.


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