VERANZIO, ANTONIO. — Archbishop of Esztergom, diplomat, humanist, and Hungarian historian, b. at Sebenico, May 29, 1504; d. at Esztergom, June 16, 1573.
His mother, Margherita Statileo of Traù, was the sister of Giovanni Statileo, Bishop of Transylvania, under whose care A. V. was educated from the age of ten. He studied at the University of Padua, was appointed provost of Buda and secretary to King John Szapolyai of Hungary. He served as ambassador to France, England, and in 1531, then in 1548 to Rome. In 1549 he entered the service of King Ferdinand I of Hungary (Habsburg), who appointed him canon and lector at Esztergom and entrusted him with diplomatic missions to Constantinople. He became Bishop of Pécs on August 3, 1554, and of Eger on July 17, 1560, and commissioned Italian architects to build fortresses. In 1568 he concluded the Peace of Adrianople with Sultan Selim. On September 25, 1570, he was appointed Archbishop of Esztergom and later also royal lieutenant. V. corresponded with many prominent figures of his time. Author of historical essays, memoirs, observations on the historical works of Paolo Giovio, and accounts of his missions to the Ottoman Porte, his writings—composed in Latin, Hungarian, and partly in Italian—constitute valuable material for reconstructing his era. He also left Latin poetry.
FAUSTO, nephew of Antonio, b. at Sebenico in 1540; d. at Venice in 1617, also studied at Padua; Bishop of Csanád in Hungary on December 20, 1600, resigned in 1607; author of a biography of his uncle and of *Unico-narium quinque nobilissimarum Europae linguarum: latinae, italicae, germanicae, dalmaticae et ungaricae*, published in Venice in 1595.