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Albert
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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or Albrecht (Teutonic: nobly bright) (died 1229) Bishop of Riga, apostle of Livonia. Organizing a crusade to re-Christianize the inhabitants of Livonia, he sailed up the Düna with 23 ships, and founded the city of Riga, 1200. He established the Knights of the Sword and completed the conversion of the country by 1206.
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Entry for 'Albert'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/a/albert.html. 1910.
Entry for 'Albert'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/a/albert.html. 1910.
