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'Dětmar' (also known as 'Thietmar' or 'Dietmar'; died 2 January 982 in Prague) was the first Bishop of Prague. He came from Saxony, but also spoke Czech. He was elected as the first bishop in 973, when the diocese was created by Boleslaus II of Bohemia. The creation of the diocese gave Bohemia religious independence from the Empire. Dětmar was rumored to be a wise and pious man, who ordered the building of many churches and the first cathedral. He died in 982.