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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Győr
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Győr ( hu, Győri Egyházmegye, german: Bistum Raab, la, Dioecesis Iaurinensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Hungary. The diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest. The diocese is believed to have been established in 1009 by King Stephen I of Hungary, along with most of the other Hungarian dioceses. The Cathedral of Győr is dedicated to Blessed Virgin Mary. The current bishop is Lajos Pápai, who was appointed in 1991. Secular offices connected to the bishopric The Bishops of Győr were Perpetual Counts of Baranya ( Hungarian: ''Győr vármegye örökös főispánja'', Latin: ''Jaurinensis perpetuus supremus comes'') from the 16th century till 1783. List of the Bishops of Győr * Nicolas I (c. 1051 – c. 1055) * Hartvik (end of 11th – beginning of 12th century) * George (1111–1118) * Ambrose (1124–1125/1131) * Peter I (1134–1135) * Paul (1137–1138) * Zacheus (1142–1146) * ...
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Esztergom-Budapest
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Hartvik
Hartvik (''Arduin'') was a prelate (most probably the bishop of Győr) in the Kingdom of Hungary under King Coloman the Book-lover. He wrote a new ''Life'' of St Stephen I of Hungary Stephen I, also known as King Saint Stephen ( hu, Szent István király ; la, Sanctus Stephanus; sk, Štefan I. or Štefan Veľký; 975 – 15 August 1038), was the last Grand Prince of the Hungarians between 997 and 1000 or 1001, and the ... based on the holy king's two earlier hagiographies. References * 11th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Hungary Bishops of Győr 11th-century Hungarian people {{Hungary-RC-bishop-stub ...
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Gregory, Bishop Of Győr
Gregory ( hu, Gergely; died 11 April 1241) was a Hungarian prelate in the first half of the 13th century, who served as Bishop of Győr from 1224 until his death fighting against the Mongols in the Battle of Mohi. Biography His origin is uncertain, possibly came from a medium landowner family. He bore the title of "''magister''", demonstrating his potential education and skills in science. Gregory was elected Bishop of Győr by the cathedral chapter in 1224; according to a non-authentic charter, he already held the position since 1223. Nevertheless, he was still referred to as elected bishop in 1224. Gregory was considered a supporter of Andrew II of Hungary, then Béla IV of Hungary. He actively participated in their governance at the royal council. He led a royal campaign against the Teutonic Knights in 1225, who had attempted to eliminate the suzerainty of the Hungarian kings in their granted territory Barcaság (now Țara Bârsei, Romania) in Transylvania. During his episco ...
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Cosmas, Bishop Of Győr
Cosmas ( hu, Kozma; died after 1222) was a Hungarian prelate in the first half of the 13th century, who served as Bishop of Győr from around 1219 to 1222. Biography Cosmas was born into an ethnic Hungarian medium landowner noble family originated from Somogy County. Prior to his bishopric, he was a canon or provost of the Székesfehérvár Chapter, an important place of authentication in the kingdom. Consequently, he was presumably a royal chaplain during the reign of Andrew II of Hungary. He was made Bishop of Győr around 1219. He was a signatory of the Golden Bull of 1222. Following that he resigned from his office and retired to the Fehérvár Chapter, where he lived for years, according to a letter of Pope Honorius III Pope Honorius III (c. 1150 – 18 March 1227), born Cencio Savelli, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 18 July 1216 to his death. A canon at the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, he came to hold a number of impor .... The ...
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Peter II, Bishop Of Győr
Peter ( hu, Péter; died 1218) was a Hungarian prelate at the turn of the 12th and 13th centuries, who served as Bishop of Győr from 1205 to 1218. Prior to that, he was chancellor in the royal court of Emeric, King of Hungary between 1202 and 1204. He participated in the Fifth Crusade, where he was killed in fights against the Ayyubid Sultanate. Some historians identify him with the chronicler Anonymus, author of the ''Gesta Hungarorum''. Early life Peter (also Pescha and Pechse) was born in the mid-1170s, as he was about the same age as King Andrew II, according to his royal charter from 1217. They were brought up together in the royal court of Andrew's father, Béla III. The aforementioned name variants confirm his Hungarian origin. The reconstruction of Peter's early life is uncertain and contested, mainly depending on the existing parallel scholarly standpoints that he can be identified with the chronicler Anonymus or not. In 1966, literary journal ''Irodalomtörténeti K ...
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Ugrin Csák, Archbishop Of Esztergom
Ugrin from the kindred Csák ( hu, Csák nembeli Ugrin; died 1204) was a Hungarian prelate at the turn of the 12th and 13th centuries, who served as Bishop of Győr from 1188 to 1204, then briefly Archbishop-elect of Esztergom in 1204. Family Ugrin was born into the ''gens'' (clan) Csák. According to the ''Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum'' ("Deeds of the Huns and Hungarians"), the ancestor of the kindred was Szabolcs, son of chieftain Előd, the leader of one of the seven Magyar tribes, who participated in the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin in the late 9th century. Accordingly, Szabolcs' grandson was Csák, founder of the namesake clan and contemporary of Grand Prince Géza, then King Stephen I. Historian Gyula Kristó proposed that Ugrin was presumably the son of that ''comes'' Ugrin, who owned the Vértesszentkereszt Abbey in the Vértes Hills in 1146. Historian Pál Engel considered, Ugrin belonged to the Kisfalud branch of the ''gens'' Csák.Engel: ''Genealógi ...
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Mikod, Bishop Of Győr
Mikod (died after 1186) was a Hungarian prelate in the 12th century, who served as Bishop of Győr from 1176 until his death. Career Mikod (also Mikud, Micudinus or Mendinus) was plausibly born into the ''gens'' (clan) Kökényesradnót, which possessed landholdings in the southeastern part of Nógrád County. It is presumable that his uncle was Kökényes (Kuknis), the Archbishop of Esztergom around 1150. Under his patronage, Mikod attended the University of Paris. In France, he became acquainted with the Premonstratensians of Lotharingia. Returning Hungary, Mikod became the Provost of Székesfehérvár sometime in the 1160s. In this capacity, he founded the Premonstratensian Abbey of Garáb in Nógrád County prior to 1171. It was dedicated to St. Hubertus. This wast the earliest non-royal Premonstratensian monastery in the Kingdom of Hungary. Mikod invited friars from Riéval Abbey in Upper Lotharingia. Charters of Pope Alexander III in 1171 and 1179 refer to Garáb as a ...
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Andrew, Archbishop Of Kalocsa
Andrew ( hu, András; died 1186) was a prelate in the Kingdom of Hungary in the second half of the 12th century. He was Archbishop of Kalocsa between 1176 and 1186, and Bishop of Győr from 1169 to 1176. Early career Andrew was a highly educated clergyman and a skilled diplomat, who became a protégé of Pope Alexander III. In his letter issued in 1179, the pope described Andrew as "scientific, religious and virtuous". He was elected as Bishop of Győr by the cathedral chapter in 1169, as a candidate of King Stephen III of Hungary. His last known predecessor was Gervasius, who was last mentioned in that capacity in 1158. However, despite the demand of both Pope Alexander and Stephen III, Lucas, Archbishop of Esztergom attempted to hinder the consecration of Andrew, because of his allegedly non-canonical election. Although Cardinal Manfred, who acted as papal legate to Hungary in that year, admonished Lucas to celebrate Andrew's consecration, but he still refused to do so. This e ...
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Gervasius, Bishop Of Győr
Gervasius ( hu, Gyárfás; died after 1157 or 1158) was a Hungarian prelate who served as Bishop of Győr from 1156 to 1157 or 1158. Career Gervasius or Geruasius started his ecclesiastical career as a member of the royal chapel during the reign of Géza II of Hungary. He was styled as royal chaplain in 1146 and 1150. He was described as "high-skilled, remarkably cultivated man" by chronicler Rahewin. He was elected Bishop of Győr in 1156. Becoming a member of the royal council, he interceded with Géza II in March 1157 to grant the collection right of salt duties to the Archdiocese of Esztergom at Nána and Kakat (present-day Štúrovo, Slovakia). Through his intercession, Géza II also granted some privileges to the cathedral chapter of Győr. Still in the same year, Gervasius contributed and permitted the foundation of the Benedictine Abbey of Küszén (later Németújvár, present-day Burg Güssing in Austria) to ''comes'' Wolfer, a Carinthian-born knight and ancesto ...
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