Radim Gaudentius

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Monument to Gaudentius and St. Adalbert in Libice nad Cidlinou, Czech Republic

For other uses, see Gaudentius.

Radim Gaudentius (Czech: Svatý Radim, Polish: Radzim Gaudenty) (* 970 - 1006/1012/1022) was the first Archbishop of Gniezno.^{[citation needed]}

Radim was an extramarital son of Slavník, and thus the half brother of Adalbert of Prague. In 989, the two joined monastery OSB S. Bonifazio e Alessio on the Aventine of Rome, with Radim adopting the name Gaudencius^[1] or Gaudentius.^[2] He accompanied Adalbert on his fatal journey to Prussia in 997.

Back in Rome, he informed John Canaparius, who wrote a biography of Adalbert, and promoted the canonization of Adalbert.

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