Baranus

Baranus
Bishop of Transylvania
Installed1134/1139
Term endedafter 1139
PredecessorPeter
SuccessorWalter
Personal details
Diedafter 1139
NationalityHungarian
DenominationRoman Catholic

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 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

  1. ^ a b Zsoldos 2011, p. 89.
  2. ^ Temesváry 1922, p. 6.

Sources

  • 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.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Transylvania
fl. 1139 		Succeeded by