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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Nitra
The Diocese of Nitra (; ; ) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in western Slovakia, with its seat in Nitra. , the bishop is Viliam Judák. History The diocese was created as the first one on the territory of present-day Slovakia around 880 (from the Diocese of Regensburg), during the time of Great Moravia. Its first bishop was the Saint Methodius of Thessaloniki, Saint Methodius. Its destiny after the fall of Great Moravia isn't known. It was re-established in 1105 as part of the Archdiocese of Esztergom, ecclesiastical province of Esztergom in the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1977, it was taken from the Archdiocese of Esztergom and attached into the newly established Archdiocese of Bratislava-Trnava, Diocese of Trnava. Before the reorganization in 2008, it was situated in the western parts of the Trenčín Region, Trenčín and Žilina Region, Žilina regions (basically the former Trencsén County) with a strip connecting it to the city of Nitra. It had an area of 5,321 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nitra
Nitra (; also known by other #Etymology, alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the valley of the river Nitra (river), Nitra. It is located 95 km east of Bratislava. With a population of about 78,353, it is the fifth largest city in Slovakia. Nitra is also one of the oldest cities in Slovakia; it was the political center of the Principality of Nitra. Today, it is a seat of a ''Regions of Slovakia, kraj'' (Nitra Region), and an ''Districts of Slovakia, okres'' (Nitra District). Etymology The first mention of Nitra dates back to the 9th century. The name of the city is derived from the Nitra River. The name is Indo-European languages, Indo-European, but the question of its History of Proto-Slavic#Pre-Slavic, pre-Slavic or Slavic people, Slavic origin has not been satisfactorily answered. Nitra might be derived from the old Indo-European root ''neit-'', ''nit-'' 'to cut' or 'to burn' using the derivational element ''-r-'' (se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žilina Region
The Žilina Region (; ; ) is one of the eight Regions of Slovakia, Slovak administrative regions and consists of 11 districts (okresy) and 315 municipalities, from which 18 have a town status. The region was established in 1923, however, in its present borders exists from 1996. It is a more industrial region with several large towns. Žilina is the region administrative center and there is a strong cultural environment in Martin, Slovakia, Martin. Geography It is located in northern Slovakia and has an area of 6,804 km2 and a population of 688,851 (2011). The whole area is mountainous, belonging to the Western Carpathians. Some of the mountain ranges in the region include Javorníky, the Lesser Fatra and the Greater Fatra in the west, Oravská Magura, Chočské vrchy, Low Tatras and Western Tatras in the east. Whole area belongs to the Váh river basin. Some of its left tributaries are Turiec River (Váh), Turiec and Rajčanka rivers and its right tributaries Belá River, Bel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paschasius, Bishop Of Nyitra
Paschasius (, ; died between 1297 and 1302) was a Hungarian Catholic prelate in the 13th century, who served as Bishop of Nyitra from 1285 to at least 1297. Early career Based on a brief comment by a charter issued in 1296, it is possible that Paschasius (also ''Pascasius'' or ''Pasca'') was born into the ''gens'' (clan) Ludány of Bohemian origin, as the son of military leader Bogomer Ludány (or Bohumír). In this case, he had two brothers, Peter I and Szoboszló II (or Soběslav).Engel: ''Genealógia'' (Genus Ludány 1., Szobonya branch) Other document says (see below), Paschasius had at least five brothers. Paschasius had a nephew called Peter, a canon of the cathedral chapter of Esztergom, who later jointed the Paulines at the Holy Cross Abbey (near present-day Kesztölc in Hungary). Paschasius was a member of the royal chapel during the reign of Stephen V of Hungary (r. 1270–1272). During that time, he acted as confessor of the royal family ("''familiaris clericus''"). H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam, Bishop Of Nyitra
Adam (; died after 1249) was a Hungarian Catholic prelate in the 13th century, who served as Bishop of Nyitra (today Nitra, Slovakia) at least from 1244 to 1249. Career Adam was elected Bishop of Nyitra sometime after the first Mongol invasion of Hungary. His predecessor James was killed in the Battle of Mohi in 1241. Adam is first mentioned as a suffragan in June 1244. Upon the instruction of King Béla IV, he registered a certain noble Ders as the new owner of the land Dubnica in Nyitra County (present-day a borough of Bojnice, Slovakia) in November 1244. Prior to that, Ders was forced to hand over his estate Parna in Pozsony County, and was granted Dubnica as a compensation. Adam instructed his cathedral chapter (a place of authentication) to determine and record the boundaries of Ders' new estate. Adam's role in the process reflects the transitional situation between the disintegration of the ''pristaldus'' (bailiff) institution and the still undeveloped practice of the ''homo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James, Bishop Of Nyitra
James (; died 11 April 1241) was a Hungarian Catholic prelate in the 13th century, who served as Bishop of Nyitra (today Nitra, Slovakia) from 1223 until his death. Career James was elected as bishop sometime between 1221 (when his predecessor John is last mentioned) and 1223 (when he first appears in this dignity). He was the first incumbent Bishop of Nyitra, whose name was listed among the Hungarian prelates in royal charters since 1224. James donated several estates and vineyards and their associated income (tithe) to the Benedictine monastery of Skalka (Szkalka) in Trencsén County (today Skalka nad Váhom, Slovakia), dedicated to the local hermit Benedict of Skalka in 1224. Several historians considered James founded the abbey itself, but the monastery was in fact erected by one of James' predecessors already before 1208. James also allowed the Benedictine monks to preach and confess freely in his diocese. James' donation letter was transcribed in 1297. According to a note, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John II, Bishop Of Nyitra
John (; died after 1221) was a Hungarian Catholic prelate in the 13th century, who served as Bishop of Nyitra (today Nitra, Slovakia) at least from 1204 to 1221. Career John was elected as bishop sometime between 1198 (when his predecessor Everard is last mentioned) and 1204 (when he first appears in this dignity). During the 1204–1205 controversial election of the Archbishop of Esztergom, John was among the four prelates – alongside Kalán of Pécs, Boleslaus of Vác and Kalanda of Veszprém – who strongly opposed the election of John, Archbishop of Kalocsa as their new metropolitan. They jointly wrote a letter to Pope Innocent III, where they claimed the archbishops were elected jointly by the chapter and the bishops in accordance with the spirit of customary law since King Stephen I of Hungary, St. Stephen (John was elected by the chapter, which refused to invite the bishops of the suffragan dioceses of the Archbishopric of Esztergom to participate in the election pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everard, Bishop Of Nyitra
Everard (died after 1198) was a Hungarian Catholic prelate in the 12th century, who served as Bishop of Nyitra (today Nitra, Slovakia) at least from 1183 to 1198. Career Everard or Eberhard is first mentioned as bishop in 1183. His last known predecessor John I held the dignity decades earlier, in 1156. Everard is the first Bishop of Nyitra, whose name appears among the list of dignitaries of a royal charter, when Béla III of Hungary donated portions of certain tolls bridge – Nyárhíd, today a borough of Nové Zámky, Slovakia and Zobor, today a borough of Nitra – and a share of three ship loads from the salt trade in Transylvania to the bishopric in 1183, citing the poverty of the diocese. Under his episcopate, the Diocese of Nyitra gradually separated from the Archdiocese of Esztergom, forming an independent suffragan bishopric. Upon the cathedral chapter's request, Pope Lucius III confirmed the right of canons to collect tithe in three villages along the river Nyitra (Ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John I, Bishop Of Nyitra
John (; died after 1156) was a Hungarian Catholic prelate in the 12th century, who served as Bishop of Nyitra (today Nitra, Slovakia) around 1156. John was elected as bishop sometime after 1134, when his last known predecessor Nicholas is mentioned. John's episcopate is mentioned by a single source, a charter of Martyrius, Archbishop of Esztergom from 1156. Accordingly, John was present during the consecration of the parish church of Baratka or Bratka in Bars County (laid near present-day Levice Levice (; , Hungarian pronunciation: ; ) is a town in western Slovakia. The town lies on the left bank of the lower Hron river. The Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavic name of the town was ''Leva'', which means "the Left One". The town is located i ..., Slovakia) with three altars. References Sources * * {{DEFAULTSORT:John of Nyitra 01 12th-century Hungarian people 12th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Hungary Bishops of Nitra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas I, Bishop Of Nyitra
Nicholas (; died after 1134) was a Hungarian Catholic prelate in the 12th century, who served as Bishop of Nyitra (today Nitra, Slovakia) around 1134. Nicholas was elected as bishop sometime after c. 1128, when his predecessor Gervasius is mentioned. Nicholas's episcopate is mentioned by a single source, a judgement letter of Felician, Archbishop of Esztergom Felician (; died after 1139) was a Hungarian prelate in the first half of the 12th century, who served as Archbishop of Esztergom from around 1125 until his presumably death in 1139 or later. Career There is no information about his origin and f ... from 1134. Accordingly, Nicholas acted as a judge of the archiepiscopal court in the lawsuit between the Diocese of Zagreb and local noblemen regarding the right of ownership over the Dubrava forest. References Sources * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nicholas of Nyitra 01 12th-century Hungarian people 12th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Hungary Bishops of Nitra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gervasius, Bishop Of Nyitra
Gervasius (, died after ''c''. 1128) was a Hungarian Catholic prelate in the 12th century. He was the first bishop of the Diocese of Nyitra in the Kingdom of Hungary (today Nitra, Slovakia), which was re-established after its Great Moravian roots two hundred years ago. Career The Diocese of Nyitra was re-established sometime after 1100, because the Article 22 of the First Code of Coloman, King of Hungary still referred to the Nyitra Church as a collegiate chapter in that year. According to an undated diploma extract preserved by the collection book ''Liber ruber'' in the Pannonhalma Abbey, a certain Gervasius was already styled as bishop of Nyitra. Majority of the scholars dated the document in the period between 1105 and 1110. Therefore, it is likely that Gervasius was the first bishop of the diocese after its re-establishment by King Coloman. The diploma extract narrates that Moses, the ''ispán'' of Nyitra County intended to take the estate Sala along the river Váh (Vág) (t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bystrík
Saint Bystrík (Latin Beztertus Nitriensis, Bestredius, Bestridus, Bestricus, Bistridus, Bistritus; Hungarian Beszteréd, Besztrik, Besztríd; died 1046) was a martyr and the Bishop of the Diocese of Nitra. Bystrík's bishopric Bystrík was probably of Slavic or Hungarian origin. The exact place and time of birth of St. Bystrík is unknown, however he seems to have come from aristocratic family who had been Christianised in the mission of Cyril and Methodius before the end of the Great Moravian Empire in 907 AD. He was likely born sometime at the turn of the 10th and 11th centuries in the vicinity of Nitra. It is assumed that Bystrík graduated from the St. Hypolita school at Zobor Abbey. The disciples of Cyril and Saint Gorazd were spreading out from Zobor at this time and included Astrik, Prokop Prokop may mean either of two Hussite generals, both of whom died in the 1434 battle of Lipan: * Prokop the Great * Prokop the Lesser Other people who bore the name Prokop: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiching
Wiching or Viching"Wiching", '' :sk:Encyklopédia Slovenska'' () was the first bishop of Nitra, in present-day Slovakia. Life He served between 880 and 891 AD. Wiching was originally a Benedictine monk from Swabia. After 874, he served Svatopluk I. From 874 to 879 he worked with John of Venice. At the end of 879 he was appointed a bishop of Great Moravia, after St Methodius, and in 880 visited the Pope in Rome, who made him Bishop of Nitra. He was known for accusing the Saints Cyril and Methodius of heresy for holding Divine Liturgy in Old Church Slavonic instead of the standard Latin of the Roman Church. Wiching was a counselor for Svätopluk I and the only known suffragan of Archbishop Methodius. Wiching was notorious for his disputes with St. Methodius. He remained in Rome and sent to king Svätopluk an allegedly forged letter from the pope, which caused Svätopluk to unseat Methodius. In 881, Methodius learned from the Pope about the forgery and appealed to the Pope, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
