LADISLAUS, King of Hungary and Croatia, saint. — Patron of Transylvania. B. in Poland in 1040, d. at Neutra in Slovakia on 29 July 1095. Son of Bela I and brother of King Andrew I. In 1077 he was elected King of Hungary.
After occupying Croatia and Dalmatia he had the Cathedral built at Gran in 1092 and founded the archdiocese of Zagreb. In 1083 he obtained the canonization of St Stephen and St Emeric. He convened the Synod of Szabolcs with a view to intensifying religious life. Inspired by Christian doctrine he continued the work of his predecessors St Stephen and St Emeric, further elaborating the conception of a Christian Hungarian state, but opposed demands to make Hungary a vassal state of the Holy See. He was canonized in 1192 by Pope Celestino III. Feast, 27 June.
