The Zselicszentjakab Abbey was a

Benedictine , image = Medalla San Benito.PNG , caption = Design on the obverse side of the Saint Benedict Medal , abbreviation = OSB , formation = , motto = (English: 'Pray and Work') , foun ...

monastery established at Zselicszentjakab (now

Kaposszentjakab Kaposszentjakab (formerly called Zselicszentjakab) is the site of a ruined Benedictine monastery. The monastery site and the surrounding village is now a suburb of the city of Kaposvár in southwestern Hungary. History The village was the place o ...

) in

Somogy County Somogy ( hu, Somogy megye, ; hr, Šomođska županija; sl, Šomodska županija, german: Komitat Schomodei) is an administrative county (comitatus or ''megye'') in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. Somogy County lies ...

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 1061. Its founder was the Palatine Otto of the Győr clan. The monastery was dedicated to the

Apostle An apostle (), in its literal sense, is an emissary, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (''apóstolos''), literally "one who is sent off", from the verb ἀποστέλλειν (''apostéllein''), "to send off". The purpose of such sending ...

Saint James the Great James the Great, also known as James, son of Zebedee, Saint James the Great, Saint James the Greater, Saint James the Elder, or Saint Jacob (Aramaic ܝܥܩܘܒ ܒܪ ܙܒܕܝ, Arabic يعقوب, Hebrew בן זבדי , '' Yaʿăqōḇ'', Latin '' ...

. The deed of the foundation of the monastery – drafted by

George, Bishop of Veszprém George ( hu, György) was a Hungarian prelate in the 11th century, who served as Bishop of Veszprém around 1061. Bishop of Veszprém George contributed to the foundation of Zselicszentjakab Abbey in 1061, when he already served as bishop. Georg ...

– is the first extant charter issued by a nobleman in the Kingdom of Hungary.

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Győr (genus) Benedictine monasteries in Hungary {{Hungary-hist-stub