HOLLIS on 'Bruno of Querfurt Life of Adalbert' returns five records: the German-Latin facing edition 'Heiligenleben zur deutsch-slawischen Geschichte: Adalbert von Prag und Otto von Bamberg' (Ausgewählte Quellen zur deutschen Geschichte des Mittelalters 23, 2005), a Czech translation (2017), a Polish volume of the 'Life of St Adalbert, second' (1969), and the English CEMT volume (https://hollis.harvard.edu/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Bruno%20of%20Querfurt%20Life%20of%20Adalbert&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&vid=01HVD_INST:HVD2&offset=0 5 records). That volume's table of contents as catalogued lists 'Life of Saint Adalbert Bishop of Prague and Martyr' (trans. Cristian Gaspar) and 'Life of the five brethren by Bruno of Querfurt' (trans. Marina Miladinov) - one Life of Adalbert, not attributed to Bruno, beside Bruno's other hagiography (https://hollis.harvard.edu/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Saints%20of%20the%20Christianization%20age%20of%20Central%20Europe%20Klaniczay&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&vid=01HVD_INST:HVD2&offset=0 A query on an English Passio sancti Adalberti returns nothing (https://hollis.harvard.edu/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Passio%20sancti%20Adalberti%20English&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&vid=01HVD_INST:HVD2&offset=0 0 records). The standard account confirms Bruno wrote the Life of Adalbert and the Life of the Five Brothers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_of_Querfurt). No English translation of the Vita Adalberti was located.
Bruno's Life of Adalbert is the second and better-informed Life of the Prague bishop, written by a man who knew Adalbert's circle and went on to die as a missionary among the Prussians; with the Life of the Five Brothers it is the primary source for the conversion of Poland, Bohemia and the Baltic frontier around 1000. The English volume translates the Five Brothers but, as catalogued, not this Life, so half of Bruno's hagiographical output is available in English; if CEMT 6's 'Life of Saint Adalbert' proves to be Bruno's Vita secunda rather than the older Life by John Canaparius, this entry should be reclassified as full. No etext was verified.
| Record | Citation |
|---|---|
| The mystery of Romuald and the five brothers : stories from the Benedictines & Camaldolese | Matus, Thomas. "The mystery of Romuald and the five brothers : stories from the Benedictines & Camaldolese." Trabuco Canyon, CA : Source Books/Hermitage Books, 1994. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990051310770203941 |
| Saint Pierre Damien et Saint Bruno de Querfurt; textes primitifs camaldules: La vie du bienheureux Romuald, et La vie des cinq frères | Lassus, Louis-Albert. "Saint Pierre Damien et Saint Bruno de Querfurt; textes primitifs camaldules: La vie du bienheureux Romuald, et La vie des cinq frères." Namur, Belgique, Éditions du Soleil levant, [1962]. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990022489570203941 |
| Camaldoli : solitudine e comunione : le fonti spirituali di un carisma millenario | "Camaldoli : solitudine e comunione : le fonti spirituali di un carisma millenario." Milano : Àncora, [2022]. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/99156426169403941 |
| Heiligenleben zur deutsch-slawischen Geschichte : Adalbert von Prag und Otto von Bamberg | "Heiligenleben zur deutsch-slawischen Geschichte : Adalbert von Prag und Otto von Bamberg." Darmstadt : Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2005. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990098354460203941 |
| Studien zur historisch-politischen Gedankenwelt Bruns von Querfurt | Wenskus, Reinhard. "Studien zur historisch-politischen Gedankenwelt Bruns von Querfurt." Münster : Böhlau, 1956. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990037717870203941 |