Thomas from the kindred Hahót (; – died 1256) was a Hungarian prelate, who served as the

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from 1254 to 1256.

Biography

Thomas was born into the Buzád branch of the ''gens'' Hahót as the son of Buzád III Hahót and Eve Atyusz. His grandfathers were Buzád II Hahót, a notable baron and later Dominican martyr of the Christian Church, and Sal Atyusz, who held the position of ''

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'' of

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ispánate in 1205. Thomas had three siblings: Sal, a clergyman, Atyusz, who governed several counties since the 1270s and was head of the household of Queen Mother

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for a time, and an unidentified sister, who married local nobleman Ant Lőrinte from

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.Engel: ''Genealógia'' (Genus Hahót 2., Buzád branch) Thomas was first mentioned in 1227 by a contemporary document, when he inherited the estate of Bersen from his maternal grandfather, Sal Atyusz. He entered ecclesiastical service. In 1243, he was mentioned as provost of

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. In this capacity, he filed a lawsuit against the burghers of Buda who declined to recognize his judicial authority. King

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ruled in favor of Thomas. From 1252 to 1254, he served as vice-chancellor in the royal court, in addition to his church office of provost-elect of Fehérvár.

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, the Archbishop of Kalocsa elevated to the position of

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in April 1254, was confirmed by

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. The archiepiscopal see in

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remained vacant for the upcoming months. In the second half of 1254, Thomas Hahót was elected as Archbishop of Kalocsa, proving by a letter from Innocent's successor,

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, dated 12 February 1255. According to this, the Pope urged the canons of archdiocese, Lawrence of Kalocsa and Nicholas of Bács, to finance retrospectively the electoral process of Archbishop Thomas with borrowing 150 denari. His brother Sal functioned as ''lector'' at the Bács Cathedral (today in

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), the second seat of the archbishopric during his term. However, Thomas soon died in late 1256. Smaragd succeeded him in the next year.

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