Saint Ladislas
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- Also known as
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Lancelot
Laszlo
- Memorial
- 27 June
- Profile
- Son of Bela I, king of Hungary.
King of Hungary in 1077.
Annexed Dalmatia and Croatia to greater Hungary.
He expelled the Huns, Poles, Tatars, and Russians from his lands, and make Christianity the national religion.
Known for his enlightened government, his devotion to his people and to the Church.
Chosen commander-in-chief of the First Crusade, but died before the expedition left.
- Born
- 1040 in Hungary
- Died
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1095 in Neutra, Hungary
relics at Varadin
- Canonized
- 1192
- Patronage
- Szekszard, Hungary
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