Aseric

Aseric (died 1044) was the first bishop of Kalocsa, who played an instrumental role in the foundation of the Hungarian state and church. Aseric left the entourage of St. Adalbert (Vojtěch), bishop of Prague, to undertake an evangelizing mission in the Magyar lands. He accompanied Adalbert to Rome in 994–996, and on his return he received an invitation from Stephen I, the yet-uncrowned first king of Hungary. As chief counsel to the king, Aseric participated...