Antun Vrančić

Antun Vrančić (* May 29, 1504 in Šibenik, Dalmatia, † June 15 1573 in Prešov, Upper Hungary, now Slovakia) was a Roman Catholic archbishop, scientist and diplomat.

Life

Vrančić was born in 1504 in Šibenik and came from a Croatian noble family. To his training took care including his cousin, the Croatian Ban Petar Berislavic. Vrančić itself, also took care of his nephew, who later became Bishop Faust Vrančić.

The periods of study spent Antun Vrančić in Padua, Vienna and Krakow. With 26 years Vrančić was first secretary of the Transylvanian Prince Johann Zápolya. His diplomatic career began after the death Zápolya 's at the Habsburg court. For Ferdinand I and Maximilian II Vrančić Habsburg represented the Holy See, at the Sublime Porte, in France, Poland, the Republic of Venice, also in England and Italy. In 1530 he became provost of Buda.

During his four- year stay in the Ottoman Empire Vrančić made ​​, together with the diplomat Ogier Ghislain de Busbecq, the archaeological discovery of the Augustinian accountability report "Res gestae divi Augusti ". On August 3, 1554 Vrančić was appointed bishop of Pécs, on July 17, 1557 he was appointed Bishop of Eger.

The solemn consecration took place on September 21, 1561. One of his greatest diplomatic success was the Treaty of Adrian Opel, which was closed in 1568. For this merit, he was appointed Primate of Hungary. On his many diplomatic Travel Vrančić came with Philipp Melanchthon, Erasmus and Paolo Giovio in contact. On September 25, 1570, he was appointed Archbishop of Esztergom. On 5 June the year 1573, he was named by Pope Gregory XIII. cardinal. The news from Rome reached Vrančić no more, he died on 15 June 1573 Prešov. His resting place is located, at his own request, in the Church of Saint Nicholas to Trnava.