King
Feast Day: August 16
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| Statue of St. Stephen the Great. |
- Born in 977 to Geza, the King of Magyars in Hungary.
- His family was pagan but Stephen was baptized at age 10.
- Stephen succeeded his father in 997.
- He married Blessed Gisella of Ungarn, sister of the Saint Henry II.
- They spent their reign promoting the Christian faith.
- Stephen had Saint Astricus as an adviser, funded Church leaders, helped build churches, organized diocese, was a proponent of the rights of the Holy See, united the Magyars into a single nation, and suppressed revolts led by pagan nobles.
- He was crowned King of Hungary on Christmas Day 1001 by Emperor Otto III by authority of Pope Sylvester II.
- His crown and regalia became beloved symbols of the Hungarian nation, and Stephen was venerated as the ideal Christian King.
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