Goblinus (or Goblin) was the

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in the Kingdom of Hungary from 1376 until his death in 1386. A native of Nagycsűr (), Goblinus was a

Transylvanian Saxon The Transylvanian Saxons (german: Siebenbürger Sachsen; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Siweberjer Såksen''; ro, Sași ardeleni, sași transilvăneni/transilvani; hu, Erdélyi szászok) are a people of German ethnicity who settled in Transylvania ...

. His father was Adalbert. In 1349, he was the parish priest of Sellenberk (). Later he served as the parish of

Kereszténysziget Cristian (german: Grossau; hu, Kereszténysziget) is a commune located in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Cristian, located on the Cibin Cibin (german: Zibin; hu, Szeben) is a river in central Romania, ...

(). In a papal bull dated 5 May 1376, Pope Gregory XI appointed him bishop of Transylvania while praising his learning and spirituality.. As bishop, Goblinus served as an advisor to King Louis the Great. The charter of November 1376 renewing the statutes of the nineteen guilds of

Nagyszeben Sibiu ( , , german: link=no, Hermannstadt , la, Cibinium, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Härmeschtat'', hu, Nagyszeben ) is a city in Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. Located some north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Ci ...

(), Segesvár (), Szászsebes () and Szászváros () was drafted by the bishop and the royal bailiff, Johann von Scharfeneck. Goblinus engineered the signing of a peace convention between the Saxons of Nagyszeben and the local Vlachs at Kereszténysziget on 9 January 1383. In 1383, Queen Mary bestowed on Goblinus, his three brothers and three sisters a crown estate comprising the Saxon village of Omlás () and four Vlach villages in the mountains. In 1384, Goblinus founded a Pauline monastery in the village of Tótfalud (). In his will, Goblinus left a

breviary A breviary (Latin: ''breviarium'') is a liturgical book used in Christianity for praying the canonical hours, usually recited at seven fixed prayer times. Historically, different breviaries were used in the various parts of Christendom, such a ...

to the cathedral rectory. His tombstone survives, but is heavily damaged.Veronika Csikos, "Styling the Dead: Tradition(s) of Making the Pontifical Tombstone in Angevin Hungary," ''Ikon'' 4 (2011): 303–312.

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