Matthias Rátót
Matthias Rátót | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Esztergom | |
| Archdiocese | Esztergom |
| Installed | November 1239 |
| Term ended | April 11, 1241 |
| Predecessor | Robert |
| Successor | István Báncsa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1200 |
| Died | April 11, 1241 Muhi, Kingdom of Hungary |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Denomination | Catholic |
Matthias of Esztergom or Matthias Rátót (Hungarian: Rátót nembéli Mátyás; died April 11, 1241) was Archbishop of Esztergom in Hungary until his death at the Battle of Mohi (Sajó River). As archbishop of Esztergom, he was the primate of Hungary.
Matthias of Esztergom succeeded to the archbishopric of Esztergom in 1239 upon the death of Archbishop Robert,[1] and fell with Archbishop Ugrin Csák and three other bishops (Reynold of Transylvania and Jacob of Nyitra among them) as they were leading troops against Batu Khan.[2]
References
- ^ Nora Berend, ed., At the Gates of Christendom: Muslims, Jews and Pagans in Medieval Hungary 1000-1350 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001), 155.
- ^ Richard Gabriel, Subotai the Valiant (Westport, CT: Prager, 2004), 122-124; David Morgan, The Mongols (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1986), 138-139; Michael C. Paul, "Secular Power and the Archbishops of Novgorod before the Muscovite Conquest," Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History 8, No. 2 (2007): 240.
External links
- Mátyás at Magyar Katolikus Lexikon (Hungarian Catholic Encyclopedia) (Hungarian)
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