Crispin or Krispin ( hu, Köröspény; died after 1193) was a prelate in the

Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into the 20th century. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the coronation of the first king Stephen ...

in the late 12th century, who served as

Bishop of Csanád A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

(now Cenad in Romania) from 1192 until around 1193/98.

Career

Crispin was elected Bishop of Csanád in 1192, when his predecessor

Saul Győr Saul from the kindred Győr ( hu, Győr nembeli Saul; died early 1202) was a prelate in the Kingdom of Hungary at the turn of the 12th and 13th centuries. He was Bishop of Csanád (now Cenad in Romania) between 1188 and 1192, then Archbishop of K ...

elevated into the position of

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. He first appeared in this dignity as a signatory of a royal charter in that year, when King

Béla III of Hungary Béla III ( hu, III. Béla, hr, Bela III, sk, Belo III; 114823 April 1196) was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1172 and 1196. He was the second son of King Géza II and Géza's wife, Euphrosyne of Kiev. Around 1161, Géza granted Béla a ...

donated three duty-free salt-carrying vessels to the

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. Crispin was again referred to as bishop in 1193, when

Bartholomew of Krk Bartholomew of Krk was a Croatian nobleman, a member of the Frankopan family, who received the hereditary title of Count of Modruš from King Béla III () in 1193. This is the earliest certain example of an office being granted as a hereditary ...

was granted

Modruš Modruš is a village, former bishopric and current Latin Catholic titular see in the mountainous part of Croatia, located south of its municipality's seat Josipdol (Karlovac County), on the easternmost slopes of Velika Kapela mountain, in northe ...

by Béla III. This is the last piece of information about Crispin. His earliest known successor

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was elected Bishop of Csanád in 1198.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Crispin of Csanad 12th-century Hungarian people Bishops of Csanád 12th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Hungary