Congress Of Gniezno

After his death, Adalbert Of Prague was soon made a Saint by the common effort of Boleslaus I and Otto III , becoming the first saint of Slavic origins.
His body, bought by Boleslaus I for its weight in gold, was put into the tomb in Gniezno , contemporary capital of Poland.

Otto III committed to a pilgrimage to Poland in his attempt to extend the influence of Christianity in eastern Europe. As part of this policy, he also invested Saint-King Stephen The Great of Hungary with the king's crown.

While on a Pilgrimage to the tomb of St. Adalbert at Gniezno in 1000 A.D., Otto III , Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire , invested Boleslaus I of Poland with the title ''Frater et Cooperator Imperii'' ("Brother and Partner of the Empire").

On the same visit Otto III raised Gniezno to the rank of an Archbishopric . Poland became separate from the Bishopric of Magdeburg province of the church, which helped her to keep semi-independence from the Holy Roman Empire through the Middle Ages . Eventually, Poland stayed outside the Holy Roman Empire , while e.g. Bohemia become one of its countries.

The event is described by German chronicle writer Thietmar and Polish (by allegiance, not ethnicity) Gallus Anonymus .

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History Of Poland (966-1385)

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