Peter Siklósi (, /Петар Сиклоши; died on 3 January 1379) was a Hungarian bishop. Peter served as cleric in the

Slavonia Slavonia (; ) is, with Dalmatia, Croatia proper, and Istria County, Istria, one of the four Regions of Croatia, historical regions of Croatia. Located in the Pannonian Plain and taking up the east of the country, it roughly corresponds with f ...

n town of

Đakovo Đakovo (; , , sr-Cyrl, Ђаково) is a town in the region of Slavonia, Croatia. Đakovo is the centre of the fertile and rich Đakovo region ( ). Etymology The etymology of the name is the (diákos) in Slavic form đak (pupil). The Hungar ...

, the residence of the bishops of Bosnia since they were exiled from Bosnia itself in the previous century. Peter was chosen to succeed the Franciscan

Peregrin Saxon Peregrin Saxon (/Перегрин Саксонац; died on 28 January 1356), also called Peregrin of Saxony, was the first vicar of Bosnia, later becoming Archbishop-elect of Split and Bishop of Bosnia. Vicar Peregrin was a Franciscan friar w ...

on the episcopal throne following the latter's death in January 1356. The relations between the

Ban of Bosnia This is a list of monarchs of Bosnia, containing bans and kings of Medieval Bosnia; Bosnia (early medieval), Banate of Bosnia, Kingdom of Bosnia. Duke (1084–1095) Bans (1154–1377) Kings and queen (1377–1463) All Bosnian kings added t ...

and the Bishop of Bosnia had never been better during Peregrin's episcopate, but deteriorated again once Peter took over. Peter was one more in the series of absent bishops whose authority was eclipsed by Bosnian Franciscans. When relations between

Tvrtko I of Bosnia Stephen Tvrtko I ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Stjepan/Stefan Tvrtko, Стјепан/Стефан Твртко; 1338 – 10 March 1391) was the first king of Bosnia. A member of the House of Kotromanić, he succeeded his uncle Stephen II ...

and

Louis I of Hungary Louis I, also Louis the Great (; ; ) or Louis the Hungarian (; 5 March 132610 September 1382), was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1342 and King of Poland from 1370. He was the first child of Charles I of Hungary and his wife, Elizabeth of ...

worsened, Peter took Louis's side. He actively supported the calls for a new crusade against Bosnia, earning him Tvrtko's hostility. The Ban even attempted to plot against him, corresponding to that end with a

lector Lector is Latin for one who reads, whether aloud or not. In modern languages it takes various forms, as either a development or a loan, such as , , and . It has various specialized uses. Academic The title ''lector'' may be applied to lecturers ...

in Đakovo. Peter discovered the letters and had the lector imprisoned. Peter and Tvrtko apparently settled their differences, since Peter officiated at the wedding of Tvrtko and

Dorothea of Bulgaria Dorothea of Bulgaria (, sh-Latn-Cyrl, Doroteja, Доротеја; died 1390), also called Doroslava (), was the first Queen of Bosnia. Daughter of the Bulgarian tsar Ivan Sratsimir, Dorothea was held hostage by King Louis I of Hungary, who ma ...

in 1374, after which Tvrtko awarded him large tracts of land in

Posavina Posavina ( sr-cyr, Посавина) is a geographical region that stretches along the Sava river, encompassing only the inner areas of the Sava river basin, that are adjacent or near to the Sava river itself, namely catch region spanning fro ...

. That same year, Peter was transferred to the

Diocese of Győr In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...

References

Sources

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Siklosi, Peter Franciscan bishops Franciscan beatified people Bishops of Bosnia Bishops of Győr Bishops of Veszprém 14th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Hungary Year of birth unknown 1379 deaths 14th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Bosnia 14th-century Hungarian people