Björn Vrooman May 10, 2017:

@Daniel I'm not sure what Phil refers to, but Radim-Gaudentius and Unger are two different people. Unger was apparently the one present during the "Akt von Gnesen":
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akt_von_Gnesen

The doors were installed much later, in 1175. Maybe it's too late for me right now, but I can't seem to figure it out either. At first, I thought the author meant that the otherwise historically accurate scenes on the doors depict a bishop that shouldn't be there - it should have been Radim, who - according to Phil's link "accompanied Adalbert on his fatal journey to Prussia in 997." Yours reads: "aus dem Prussenland begleitet und einer ersten Grablegung des Heiligen." The Congress mentioned above was not at the same time.

Edit: On second thought, turn it around. Radim hadn't been Archbishop yet at the time of Adalbert's body being returned from Prussia, so it could have only been Unger. I am still not clear about which contradiction the author is hinting at. It's either that the scenes on the doors depict the wrong bishop or that people would've thought it was Radim on these doors, but actually it wasn't. Take your pick.

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Daniel Gray (asker) May 10, 2017:

Thanks Phil I think you are on the right lines there.

philgoddard May 10, 2017:

If that's the case, you could probably research it fairly easily. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gniezno_Doors
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radim_Gaudentius

Katia DG May 10, 2017:

Yes, I very much think so.

philgoddard May 10, 2017:

Could it mean that he didn't become a bishop until after the figure was made?

Katia DG May 10, 2017:

Antizipierend, not antiziperend. Something along the line of "thought of in advance".