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Simon (bishop of Transylvania)

Hungarian bishop

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ116455447 ↗
Source-derived summary

Simon was a Hungarian prelate in the 12th century, who served as the first certainly known Bishop of Transylvania during the reign of Coloman, King of Hungary. His name is mentioned by two royal charters of Coloman issued regarding the Zobor Abbey in 1111 and 1113.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Simon (bishop of Transylvania)” is hungarian bishop. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Simon, bishop and Transylvania, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1111, 1113—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Simon, bishop and Transylvania is the immediate research focus.
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Why this record matters

The phrase “hungarian bishop” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q116455447. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1111 and 1113.

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This entry incorporates text from “Simon (bishop of Transylvania)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.