Gyalui Dénes argyasi püspök, erdélyi segédpüspök és éneklőkanonok pályafutása
The Career of Dionysius of Gyalu (Gilău), Bishop of Argyas (Argeș), Auxiliary Bishop of Transylvania and Precentor (Canonicus Cantor)

Summary/Abstract: The main purpose of the paper is to present the biography of Dionysius Gyalui (+ 1526), parish priest of Gyalu (Gilău, Julmarkt) and Szászfenes (Florești, Fenesch), who became in a few decades precentor of the cathedral chapter and suffragan of the Transylvanian bishop. His biography sheds light on the steps which one had to take in order to become a canon in the Transylvanian chapter. Although Gyalui obtained his canonry from the palatine of Hungary, who held the right of patronage as tutor of his minor son, the bishop of Transylvania, it seems that the idea of making him a canon was formulated inside the chapter. Gyalui was one of the most important members of the cathedral chapter, despite being a man of humble origin, this fact proves that the origin of a canon didn’t infl uence his relationship with his fellows. His career contradicts the spreaded stereotypes about clergy in the 16th century, in his last years Gyalui gave up his incomes and possessions to become a Pauline friar.

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