György Zalatnaky

The native form of this personal name is Zalatnaky György. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
The Most Reverend

György Zalatnaky
Bishop of Pécs
Native name
Juraj Slatinski
ChurchCatholic Church
DiocesePécs
Appointed20 December 1600
Installed13 May 1601
PredecessorMiklós Mikáczy
SuccessorPetar Domitrović
Orders
Consecration13 May 1601
by János Kutasy
Personal details
Born
Zagreb, Croatia, Habsburg Empire
Died29 December 1605
Kraków, Poland–Lithuania
DenominationCatholic

György Zalatnaky (Croatian: Juraj Slatinski; died 29 December 1605) was a Hungarian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of Pécs from 1601 until his death in 1605. Previously, Zalatnaky served as a canon in Zagreb and Esztergom, as well as vicar general of Eger. He was also appointed the titular bishop of Duvno and the residential bishop of Vác, but never took office.

Biography

The Slatinski or Zalatnaky family stems from Stari Slatinik in present-day eastern Croatia. In the early 16th century, the family moved to Zagreb.[1] György's father Matija was a landowner, a lawyer and a judge in Zagreb, notable for representing the interests of the nobles from Turopolje.[2] Matija married a noblewoman from the Grubaševački family from Hrvatsko Zagorje. They had two sons, György and Baltazar and four daughters Margareta, Ana, Suzana and Magdalena.[3]

Zalatnaky was ordained as a Catholic priest and became a canon of the Diocese of Zagreb.[3] From 1592 he served as a canon for the Archdiocese of Esztergom.[4] He was appointed the titular bishop of Duvno.[3] From 1598, he served as vicar general of the Diocese of Eger.[5] On 16 April 1598, Zalatnaky was nominated as the bishop of Vác.[4] However, already on 10 June 1598, before he was installed in Vác,[4] Zalatnaky was nominated as the bishop of Pécs and received papal approval on 20 December 1600.[6] Dominik Mandić writes that even though Zalatnaky was appointed as the titular bishop of Duvno, he was never consecrated as such until his appointment in Pécs.[7] Zalatnaky's consecration took place on 13 May 1601,[4][8] while his principal consecrator was Archbishop János Kutasy of Esztergom.[8]

During the Bocskai uprising in 1604, the debate over the significance of the crown played a crucial role. The uprising, originating in Košice in present-day Slovakia, Stephen Bocskai's hometown, saw the forcible takeover of the Cathedral of St. Elizabeth from Lutherans by Catholics, supported by King Rudolf II.[9] Zalatnaky participated in the takeover, for which he was imprisoned by Bocskai in his castle in Nagykereki.[5] He was treated well in prison. Bocskai informed the Polish king Sigismund III Vasa about the imprisonment, and was released on Sigismund's request. To thank the King for his intercession, Zalatnaky went to Kraków, however, while there he soon got ill and died.[10] With Zalatnaky's death, the male line of his family died out.[3]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Laszowski 1911, p. 35.
  2. ^ Laszowski 1911, pp. 36–38.
  3. ^ a b c d Laszowski 1911, p. 40.
  4. ^ a b c d Magyar Katolikus Lexikon.
  5. ^ a b Báthory, Kármán & Zászkaliczky 2019, p. 61.
  6. ^ Gőzsy 2010, p. 413.
  7. ^ Mandić 1936, p. 56.
  8. ^ a b Catholic Hierarchy.
  9. ^ Teszelszky 2014, p. 95.
  10. ^ Argenti 1983, p. 39.

References

Books

  • Argenti, Giovanni (1983). Veress, Endre (ed.). Giovanni Argenti jelentései magyar ügyekről 1603-1623 [Giovanni Argenti's reports on Hungarian affairs 1603-1623] (in Hungarian). Szeged: József Attila Tudományegyetem. ISBN 9634812325.
  • Báthory, Orsolya; Kármán, Gábor; Zászkaliczky, Márton, eds. (2019). Források a 17. századi magyar politikai gondolkodás történetéhez [Sources for the history of Hungarian political thought in the 17th century] (in Hungarian). Vol. 1. Budapest: Reciti. ISBN 9786155478796.
  • Gőzsy, Zoltán (2010). "Zalatnaky György". In Romváry, Ferenc (ed.). Pécs Lexikon [The Lexicon of Pécs] (in Hungarian). Vol. 2. Pécs: Pécs Lexikon Kulturális Nonprofit Kft. ISBN 9789630679183.
  • Laszowski, Emilij (1911). Plemenita općina Turopolje [The noble municipality of Turopolje] (in Croatian). Zagreb: Antun Scholz.
  • Mandić, Dominik (1936). Duvanjska biskupija od XIV.–XVII. stoljeća [The Diocese of Duvno from 14th to 17th century] (in Croatian). Zagreb: Tisak nadbiskupske tiskare.
  • Teszelszky, Kees (2014). Teszelszky, Kees; Tóth, Gergely (eds.). Johannes Bocatius - Hungaroteutomachia vel colloquium de bello nunc inter Caesareos et Hungaros excitato [Johannes Bocatius - Hungaroteutomachia or a conversation about the war now raised between the Caesarians and the Hungarians]. Budapest: ELTE BTK Középkori és Kora Újkori Magyar Történeti Tanszéke and the Transylvania Emlékeiért Tudományos Egyesület. ISBN 9789632845470.

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