318:). After that GĂ©za sent a letter to Admont to bring her back to Hungary. However, Sophia did not want to leave, insisting instead that she wished to remain in the monastery as a nun. Then GĂ©za decided to send a diplomatic mission around 1152 to negotiate her return. The Hungarian delegation was led by Archbishop Martyrius. The abbot of Admont gave Sophia the choice of staying or leaving. Once more, she affirmed her desire to become a nun, and GĂ©za II finally permitted her to stay at Admont. His political influence is reflected by a letter from king's envoy Adalbert around 1153, who wrote he is sent to
287:, which contributed to the normalization of their strained relations, which took place in 1151. Even Martyrius wrote in a letter in 1156, he had filled the office for six years by then. As one of his first measures, he consecrated the Ă“buda Cathedral in the same year, dedicated to Virgin Mary, and appointed a certain MikĂł as its first provost. In contemporary records, Martyrius is first mentioned as archbishop in 1152, when he appears as a witness on the occasion of the last will and testament of lady Margaret in
386:). After a philological examination, Erzsébet Ladányi accepted the document as authentic. Martyrius appears as a witness in a royal charter (it was possibly also issued in 1156), when Géza II donated large-scale landholdings two foreign knights Gottfried and Albert. Sometimes during the last years of his episcopate, Martyrius established a church dedicated to
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His origin and family relationships is unknown. His name appears in royal documents in various forms, including
Martyrius, Martirius, Martyrus and – incorrectly – Martinus (Martin). Between around 1127 and 1137, he served as Bishop of Veszprém. In this capacity, he was only mentioned by the
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370:(today Levice and Vyškovce nad Ipľom in Slovakia) to the church, establishing its parish district. This is the only preserved document, when Martyrius used his own seal. Some historians, for instance, László Erdélyi and
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Chapter to finance its operation and the weekly ceremonies, in addition to the local St. Nicholas chapel as the place of convent. Still in 1156, he consecrated the church of Barátka (built by a certain
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By 1142, Martyrius was transferred to the dignity of Bishop of Eger. In the 12th century, when the relocation of bishops was generally forbidden, Martyrius is one of the three only known prelates alongside
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