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The
Congress of Gniezno took place on
March 11 1000 and is one of the more important events in Polish history, though scholars disagree over the details of the decisions made at the meeting, especially whether the Polish prince was pledged the king's crown or not.
After his death,
Adalbert of Prague was soon made a
saint by the common effort of
Boleslaus I of Poland 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 the
Polans of later
Poland.
Otto III committed to a
pilgrimage to St. Adalbert's tomb in 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. The Polans and
Piasts Mieszko I had previously received the title and position as duke from the empire under margrave
Gero and from the emperors
Otto I and
Otto II. While on the
pilgrimage,
Otto III invested
Boleslaus I of Poland with the title
Frater et Cooperator Imperii ("Brother and Partner of the Empire") in
1000 A.D. On the same visit Otto III raised Gniezno to the rank of an
archbishopric. By this nomination Poland was kept separate from the
bishopric of Magdeburg, the German ecclesiastical province; 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 for example
Bohemia had become part of its countries in 950 AD.
Three new dioceses subordinate to Gniezno were created: in
Kraków,
Wrocław and
Kołobrzeg.
St. Adalbert's brother
Radzim Gaudenty became the first archbishop of Gniezno. Otto III gave Boleslaus a replica of his
Holy Lance, and Boleslaus presented the Emperor with a
relic, an arm of St. Adalbert in exchange.
The event is described by German chronicle writer
Thietmar and
Gallus Anonymus, the first author of Polish history.
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