Baranus was a Hungarian prelate in the 12th century, who served as Bishop of Transylvania around 1139, during the reign of Béla II of Hungary.
Baranus | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Transylvania | |
| Installed | 1134/1139 |
| Term ended | after 1139 |
| Predecessor | Peter |
| Successor | Walter |
| Personal details | |
| Died | after 1139 |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Baranus was elected bishop sometime after 1134, when his predecessor Peter is mentioned.[1] The name of Baranus appears only in the clause of a document related to the Bozók Abbey (present-day Bzovík, Slovakia) in 1139.[2] His closest known successor Walter is first styled as Bishop of Transylvania only in 1156.[1]
Notes
edit- ^ a b Zsoldos 2011, p. 89.
- ^ Temesváry 1922, p. 6.
Sources
edit- Temesváry, János (1922). Erdély középkori püspökei [Medieval Bishops of Transylvania] (in Hungarian). Minerva Irodalmi és Nyomdai Műintézet.
- Zsoldos, Attila (2011). Magyarország világi archontológiája, 1000–1301 [Secular Archontology of Hungary, 1000–1301] (in Hungarian). História, MTA Történettudományi Intézete. ISBN 978-963-9627-38-3.