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Seven Latin sources document Olga's embassy to Holy Roman Emperor Otto I in 959.

The continuation of Regino of Prüm mentions that the envoys requested the Emperor to appoint a bishop and priests for their nation.

The chronicler accuses the envoys of lies, commenting that their trick was not exposed until later.

Thietmar of Merseburg says that the first archbishop of Magdeburg, Saint Adalbert of Magdeburg, before being promoted to this high rank, was sent by Emperor Otto to the country of the Rus ' ( Rusciae ) as a simple bishop but was expelled by pagan allies of Svyatoslav I.

The same data is duplicated in the annals of Quedlinburg and Hildesheim, among others.