Gregorius de Sancto Apostolo

The Career of a Papal Legate At the End of the Twelfth Century

Abstract

The identification of the papal envoys is the starting point for the research. At the turn of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries different legates worked in the Kingdom of Hungary with the same given name, Gregory. It raised problems in the historiography, different persons were confused, and therefore heterogeneous life paths were mixed. The present paper aims to discuss all possibilities and determine the identity of the different papal envoys called Gregory. It providés thé opportunity to présént oné of thosé légatés’, Grégorius dé Sancto Apostolo’s course of life