Hungarian Bishops - Hungarian Roman Catholic Bishops, Hungarian Archbishops, Nicolaus Olahus, Jnos Vitz, Lajos Haynald, Arnold Ipolyi (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Hungarian Roman Catholic Bishops, Hungarian Archbishops, Nicolaus Olahus, Jnos Vitz, Lajos Haynald, Arnold Ipolyi, Pl Tomori, Tams Szab, Demeter de Mzes, Mihly Horvth. Excerpt: Nicolaus Olahus (Latin for Nicholas, the Vlach; Hungarian: Romanian: ); January 10, 1493, Sibiu-January 15, 1568, Trnava/Nagyszombat) was the Archbishop of Esztergom, Primate of Hungary, and a distinguished Roman Catholic prelate. His father, Stephen (Romanian: ), a brother-in-law of John Hunyadi, was of Romanian descent from his father side; his mother was Barbara Huszr (also known as Csszr). His autobiographical notes and correspondence throw light on his life. After having studied at the Chapter School of Nagyvrad from 1505 to 1512, he became a page at the court of Ladislaus II, but shortly afterwards chose an ecclesiastical career, and was ordained a priest in 1516 or 1518. While acting as secretary to Georg Szatmry, Bishop of Pcs, he was appointed a canon of that chapter, later of Esztergom, and 1522 became Archdeacon of Komrom. In 1526 he was made secretary to King Louis II; but was transferred to the service of Mary of Habsburg. After the battle of Mohcs, Olahus attached himself to the party of King Ferdinand I, but retained his position with the queen-dowager. In 1527 he was appointed Custos or head of the Chapter of Szkesfehrvr, and accompanied the queen-dowager in 1530 to the Imperial Diet at Augsburg. When in 1531 she became Governor of the Netherlands, he went with her to what is today Belgium, where he remained (with a brief interruption in 1539) until his return to Hungary in 1542. In the following year he was made Royal Chancellor and Bishop of Agram (Zagreb) by King Ferdinand. In 1548 he became Bishop of Eger, and in 1553 Archbish... More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1390697