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Peter Urseolo of Hungary - definition of Peter Urseolo of Hungary in Encyclopedia (167 words) |
 | Peter Urseolo of Hungary - definition of Peter Urseolo of Hungary in Encyclopedia |
| Peter Urseolo (or Orseolo) was the second king of Hungary and reigned from 1038 till 1041 and from 1044 till 1046 after a brief interuption of three years in which Sámuel Aba ruled the nation. |
| He was said to be the son of the sister of his predecessor, Saint Stephen (István I) and the doge of Venice. |
| Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of January 10 (1470 words) |
| Then during the night of September 1, 978, Peter Orseolo, without the knowledge even of his wife of 32 years or their son, left Venice and made his way to the Benedictine monastery of Cuxa in the foothills of the Pyrenees on the border between France and Spain. |
| There is evidence that he and his wife lived in continence since the birth of their only child, and a letter from Ratherius to Peter suggests that the saint had contemplated becoming a monk for at least ten years. |
| He entrusted William's education to Peter, Archdeacon of Soissons, and by some law of divine logic whereby saints beget saints, William forgot his armor, knighthood, and the fame that awaited him, and plunged himself instead into preparation for the priesthood. |
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