La Santa Sede e il disaccordo sull’uso del termine “apostolico” nel caso del regno ungherese
The Holy See and the Disagreement on the Use of the Term "Apostolic" in the Case of the Hungarian Kingdom

Summary/Abstract: The study analyzes an expression used in the historiography of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe: “the Hungarian apostolic kingdom.” The expression that developed historiographically in the nineteenth century is not documented. It can be interpreted as being extracted from the personal and hereditary title “Maiestas Apostolica” given by the Holy See and acquired by Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria who had as personal possession the territory of the former Hungarian kingdom. The centuries-old relationship between the Holy See and the Hungarian kingdom is taken into account and the relationship of vassal dependence that medieval Hungary had on Rome and the Empire is highlighted. It is emphasized that the popes of Rome in the last 100 years have never called Hungary an apostolic kingdom, and the apostolic adjective is rarely used to refer to the first Hungarian king Stephen, who received the royal title from Emperor Otto III with the consent of Pope Sylvester II.

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