Andrew, Archbishop of Kalocsa

Andrew
Archbishop of Kalocsa
Archdiocese	Kalocsa
Installed	1176
Term ended	1186
Predecessor	Stephen I
Successor	Paul II
Other posts	Bishop of Győr
Personal details
Died	1186 Rome, Papal States
Nationality	Hungarian
Denomination	Catholic

Andrew (Hungarian: András; died 1186) was a prelate in the Kingdom of Hungary in the second half of the 12th century. He was Archbishop of Kalocsa between 1176 and 1186, and Bishop of Győr from 1169 to 1176.^[1]

Andrew was a favorite of Béla III of Hungary until deterioration of their relationship around 1178.^[2][3] Béla soon deprived the Archbishop and his supporter, the Provost of Székesfehérvár Chapter, of their office and seized the revenues of the archbishopric.^[3][2] Pope Alexander III supported the prelates, punishing Béla with ecclesiastic sanctions.^[2] Béla III reconciled with Lucas, Archbishop of Esztergom, who was willing to absolve him and excommunicated Andrew of Kalocsa.^[2] The conflict ended with a compromise mediated by the Holy See: Archbishop Andrew asked the monarch's pardon and the King restored him.^[3]

He attended the Third Council of the Lateran in 1179. He spent almost all time of his tenure in Rome.^[4]

Notes

1. Zsoldos 2011, p. 283.
2. Makk 1989, p. 114.
3. Kristó & Makk 1996, p. 214.
4. Diós 1993, p. 251.

Sources

• Diós, István (1993). Magyar katolikus lexikon [Hungarian Catholic Lexicon] Vol. I (in Hungarian). Szent István Kiadó.
• Kristó, Gyula; Makk, Ferenc (1996). Az Árpád-ház uralkodói [Rulers of the House of Árpád] (in Hungarian). I.P.C. Könyvek. ISBN 963-7930-97-3.
• Makk, Ferenc (1989). The Árpáds and the Comneni: Political Relations between Hungary and Byzantium in the 12th century (Translated by György Novák). Akadémiai Kiadó. ISBN 963-05-5268-X.
• 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.