Saints of the Christianization Age of Central Europe

Cristian-Nicolae Gaspar is lecturer at the Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies, Department of Medieval History of Central European University.Marina Miladinov is lecturer of Church history and Latin at the Theological Faculty “Matthias Flacius Illyricus” in Zagreb. She is also one of the founding members and president of Hagiotheca—Croatian Hagiography Society and a free-lance translator in the fields of religious studies, arts, and humanities. Her interests reside in hagiography and the Reformation critique of the veneration of saints. Gábor Klaniczay is University Professor of Medieval Studies at the Central European University.

• General Editors’ Preface Abbreviations List of illustrations The hagiography of conversion - Ian Wood Passion of Saint Wenceslas by Gumpold of Mantua (Marina Miladinov) Life of Saint Adalbert Bishop of Prague and Martyr (Cristian Gaspar) Life of the Five Brethren by Bruno of Querfurt (Marina Miladinov) Lives of the Holy Hermits Zoerard the Confessor and Benedict the Martyr by Blessed Maurus, Bishop of Pécs (Marina Miladinov) Life of Blessed Gaudentius, Bishop of Osor (Marina Miladinov, with a preface by Zrinka Nikolic) Select Bibliography Select Hagiography of the saints of this volume Index of Names