Miklós Oláh

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Miklós Oláh
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Miklós Oláh (also Nicolaus Oláh , Nikola Olah , Nicolaus Olahus or Nikolaus Olahus , born January 10, 1493 in Sibiu , † January 15, 1568 in Nagyszombat ) was a Hungarian archbishop , writer , politician and theologian .

Life

1543 he was selected by Ferdinand I to the royal chancellor and bishop of Zagreb (Zagreb) appointed. In 1548 he became Archbishop of Erlau , in 1554 Archbishop of Gran , who in 1563 crowned Maximilian King of Hungary . Oláh was the first counter-reformer in Hungary.

Works (selection)

  • Hungaria and Attila
  • Nicolai Olahi metropolitae Strigoniensis Hungaria et Attila sive de originibus gentis regni Hungariae [...] emondato coniumctim editi.
  • Genesis filiorum Regis Ferdinandi
  • Ephemerides
  • Brevis descriptio vitæ Benedicti Zerchsky

literature

Web links

Commons : Nicolaus Olahus  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nicolaus Oláh in New Advent - The Catholic Encyclopedia
predecessor Office successor
Bishop of Zagreb
1543–1548
György Draskovics
Ferenc Frangepan Archbishop of Erlau
1548–1554
František Ujlaky
Georg Martinuzzi Archbishop of Gran
1554–1568
Antun Vrančić