Simone Martini (1284–1344), St
Ladislaus, King of Hungary, circa 1326, tempera on wood, 45.5 x
21.5, Civic
Museum of Santa Maria della Consolazione
Saint Ladislas de Hongrie
Roi de Hongrie (+ 1095)
László, Lazlo ou
Lancelot.
Sa famille régna sur la
Hongrie du Xe au XIVe siècle.
Il était fils de Béla et
frère de Geysa. André, son oncle qui avait la couronne royale, n'avait pas
d'enfants. Il fit de Ladislas son héritier. Mais sur le tard, André eut un fils
inattendu, Salomon. La Hongrie connut alors cinq rois en dix-sept ans: André,
Bela, Salomon, Geysa et enfin Ladislas, qui avait vu se succéder sur le trône:
son oncle, son père, son cousin et son frère avant d'y accéder lui-même. Son
règne fut relativement calme. En 19 ans, il ajouta à ses États, la Dalmatie et
la Croatie, il fonda des monastères et fut le père de son peuple, ami des
pauvres, protecteur des malheureux.
Sage et vertueux, juste
et magnanime. Il mourut à Waradin le 30 juillet 1095, à 44 ans. Tant aimé de
son peuple, il devint, après sa mort, une figure légendaire.
Les miracles sur son
tombeau le firent canoniser en 1198. Le 27 juin est l'anniversaire de la
translation de ses reliques.
À Neutra (Nyjtic) en
Moravie, l’an 1095, le trépas de saint Ladislas. Roi de Moravie, il rétablit
dans son état les lois chrétiennes édictées par saint Étienne, il corrigea les
mœurs, donnant lui-même l’exemple des vertus et, quand la Croatie fut réunie à
la Hongrie, il travailla énergiquement à y développer la foi chrétienne et
établit à Zagreb un siège épiscopal. Il mourut alors qu’il allait réprimer une
révolte des Bohèmes, et son corps fut déposé ensuite à Nagy-Varad en
Transylvanie.
Martyrologe romain
SOURCE : http://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/1399/Saint-Ladislas-de-Hongrie.html
A
veleméri templom 14. századból származó freskórészlete (Vas megye,
Magyarország)
SAINT LADISLAS
Roi de Hongrie
(1031-1095)
Saint Ladislas fut appelé
au trône de Hongrie, l'an 1080, par la libre volonté du peuple. Bien différent
de la plupart des puissants de ce monde, qui n'aspirent qu'aux grandeurs
passagères, Ladislas ne recherchait que la vraie grandeur, celle que l'on
acquiert par la vertu. Dès sa jeunesse il était admiré de tout le monde pour sa
chasteté, sa modestie, sa piété, sa tendresse envers les pauvres.
Il n'avait pas seulement
l'âme d'un Saint, mais toutes les qualités d'un roi. Nul, dans toute la
Hongrie, n'était de taille plus grande ni de port plus majestueux que lui; les
fatigues de la guerre, les graves occupations de la paix lui convenaient également.
Il recevait tout le monde avec la plus grande affabilité, et les moindres de
ses sujets pouvaient en confiance venir lui réclamer justice; ses jugements
équitables, semblables à ceux d'un père plutôt que d'un maître, étaient agréés
de tous; aussi la voix publique lui donna-t-elle le beau nom de Pieux.
La vie de Ladislas en son
palais était fort austère; sa table, il est vrai, était royalement servie, mais
il n'y prenait que ce qui lui était nécessaire; il jeûnait même souvent, se
refusait l'usage du vin, couchait sur la dure, mortifiait son corps et, par ces
moyens, triomphait des périls que courent les rois au milieu de l'éclat et de
la mollesse des cours.
Ennemi des amusements
frivoles, il donnait tout son temps aux exercices de piété et aux devoirs de
son état, ne se proposant en tout que la plus grande gloire de Dieu. La
religion était tout pour lui; fort conciliant quand il s'agissait de sa
personne, il ignorait les demi-mesures quand il s'agissait de maintenir les
droits de l'Église ou de défendre son pays. Pas un pauvre ne sortait de son
palais sans avoir reçu quelque soulagement à sa misère: chaque genre de besoin
trouvait près de lui un secours assuré.
Les églises magnifiques
qu'il fit construire sont un nouveau témoignage de la religion de ce grand
prince et de son zèle à favoriser le développement du culte chrétien chez un
peuple encore à demi barbare et à demi païen. Du reste, Ladislas ne se
contentait pas de travailler à la conversion des autres, il était le modèle de
tous, une sorte de loi vivante, qui enseignait à chacun ses devoirs. Son palais
était si édifiant, qu'on n'y entendait ni jurements, ni paroles inconvenantes;
les jeûnes y étaient fidèlement observés; en un mot, on eût dit moins une cour
royale qu'une maison religieuse.
Ladislas avait été choisi
pour commander en chef la première croisade, quand Dieu l'appela à Lui, le 30
juillet 1095.
Abbé L. Jaud, Vie
des Saints pour tous les jours de l'année, Tours, Mame, 1950.
SOURCE : http://magnificat.ca/cal/fr/saints/saint_ladislas.html
Coronation
of King St. Laszlo, 1360, Miniature, Chronicon Pictum, facsimile edition stored
at the University of Maryland library.
La
santa incoronazione miniatura dal Chronicon Pictum (XIV secolo)
Saint Ladislas
Roi de Hongrie
(1031-1095)
Ladislas fut appelé
au trône de Hongrie, l'an 1080, par la libre volonté du peuple. Bien différent
de la plupart des puissants de ce monde, qui n'aspirent qu'aux grandeurs
passagères, Ladislas ne recherchait que la vraie grandeur, celle que l'on
acquiert par la vertu. Dès sa jeunesse il était admiré de tout le monde pour sa
chasteté, sa modestie, sa piété, sa tendresse envers les pauvres.
Il n'avait pas seulement
l'âme d'un Saint, mais toutes les qualités d'un roi. Nul, dans toute la
Hongrie, n'était de taille plus grande ni de port plus majestueux que lui; les
fatigues de la guerre, les graves occupations de la paix lui convenaient
également. Il recevait tout le monde avec la plus grande affabilité, et les
moindres de ses sujets pouvaient en confiance venir lui réclamer justice ; ses
jugements équitables, semblables à ceux d'un père plutôt que d'un maître,
étaient agréés de tous ; aussi la voix publique lui donna-t-elle le beau nom de
Pieux.
La vie de Ladislas en son
palais était fort austère ; sa table, il est vrai, était royalement servie,
mais il n'y prenait que ce qui lui était nécessaire ; il jeûnait même souvent,
se refusait l'usage du vin, couchait sur la dure, mortifiait son corps et, par
ces moyens, triomphait des périls que courent les rois au milieu de l'éclat et
de la mollesse des cours.
Ennemi des amusements
frivoles, il donnait tout son temps aux exercices de piété et aux devoirs de
son état, ne se proposant en tout que la plus grande gloire de Dieu. La
religion était tout pour lui ; fort conciliant quand il s'agissait de sa
personne, il ignorait les demi-mesures quand il s'agissait de maintenir les
droits de l'Église ou de défendre son pays. Pas un pauvre ne sortait de son
palais sans avoir reçu quelque soulagement à sa misère : chaque genre de besoin
trouvait près de lui un secours assuré.
Les églises magnifiques
qu'il fit construire sont un nouveau témoignage de la religion de ce grand
prince et de son zèle à favoriser le développement du culte chrétien chez un
peuple encore à demi barbare et à demi païen. Du reste, Ladislas ne se
contentait pas de travailler à la conversion des autres, il était le modèle de
tous, une sorte de loi vivante, qui enseignait à chacun ses devoirs. Son palais
était si édifiant, qu'on n'y entendait ni jurements, ni paroles inconvenantes ;
les jeûnes y étaient fidèlement observés ; en un mot, on eût dit moins une cour
royale qu'une maison religieuse.
Ladislas avait été choisi
pour commander en chef la première croisade, quand Dieu l'appela à Lui, le 30
juillet 1095.
Le 27 juin est
l'anniversaire de la translation de ses reliques.
SOURCE : https://levangileauquotidien.org/FR/display-saint/7397afc6-ffbf-46d7-a12e-7b4fb77eeef2
Saint Ladislas Ier | Le
roi chevalier, père des pauvres et lumière de la Hongrie
Ce qu’il faut retenir
Saint Ladislas est né
prince hongrois, d’une lignée proche de saint Étienne, et élevé dans la vertu.
Il devient roi par appel
unanime du peuple, refusant longtemps la couronne par humilité.
Modèle de justice et de
charité, il règne avec douceur, courage et sainteté.
Il soutient la foi
chrétienne contre les infidèles et bâtit de nombreuses églises.
Mort en odeur de
sainteté, il est canonisé en 1192 et vénéré comme protecteur de la Hongrie.
Le prince prédestiné
Au milieu des terres
danubiennes baignées de mystère et d’histoire, Dieu fit lever une lumière
royale en la personne de Ladislas, fils du duc Béla, lui-même descendant de
Ladislas le Chauve, cousin du grand saint Étienne, apôtre de la Hongrie. Si la
couronne ne lui était pas promise selon la stricte hérédité, elle semblait dès
sa naissance confiée à lui par la Providence.
Son père, contraint à
l’exil par les troubles dynastiques et les violences de Pierre le Germanique,
avait trouvé refuge en Pologne, où il épousa la fille du duc Mesco. C’est là
que naquit Ladislas, dans une atmosphère de piété et de douleur. Dès l’enfance,
la noblesse de son âme se révélait dans ses gestes : pudique, recueilli,
charitable, il paraissait déjà formé à la sainteté, image vivante de la douceur
évangélique au milieu des princes.
Son retour en Hongrie, en
compagnie de son père et de son frère Geiza, marqua pour lui une étape
décisive. Le jeune Ladislas fut élevé dans la vertu, et nul ne doutait que le
ciel réservait à cet adolescent d’une pureté angélique une mission de paix et
de justice.
L’accession au trône,
chemin de croix d’un juste
Ladislas vit son père
monter sur le trône non sans douleur : la guerre civile, le sang versé entre
frères, le deuil d’une patrie divisée l’affligeaient profondément. Lui, le
jeune duc, se serait mieux plu dans l’ombre d’un cloître ou parmi les pauvres,
que dans les intrigues de la cour. Il considérait que la royauté n’avait de
valeur que si elle imitait celle du Christ, doux et humble de cœur.
Après la mort de son
père, il refusa d’abord de ceindre la couronne, préférant laisser régner
Salomon, fils du roi André. Il aurait pu, par le droit électif du royaume et le
vœu du peuple, prétendre au trône. Mais Ladislas choisit l’effacement, la
soumission, l’humilité… Ce n’est que lorsque Salomon se révéla tyran et semeur
de discorde que l’on se tourna à nouveau vers lui. Les prélats, les barons, les
magistrats, d’un commun accord, le supplièrent de prendre les rênes du pays.
Ils voyaient en lui un roi selon le cœur de Dieu.
Il accepta enfin, mais
non sans larmes, et ne voulut point être couronné tant que vivait Salomon. Roi sans
couronne, il gouvernait déjà comme un père gouverne ses enfants : avec
patience, avec miséricorde, avec force.
Un règne de paix, de
justice et de miséricorde
Ladislas fut un roi de
haute stature, aussi noble d’allure que de cœur. Majestueux sans orgueil,
affable sans faiblesse, il recevait tout un chacun avec bonté. Le plus humble
paysan pouvait approcher son trône ; et devant ses jugements, le pauvre se
sentait écouté comme un frère.
Surnommé le Pieux, il fit
de sa cour un sanctuaire. On n’y entendait ni blasphèmes ni propos impurs ; les
jeûnes ecclésiastiques y
étaient observés avec
rigueur. On vivait dans son palais comme dans un monastère, tant il en avait
sanctifié l’esprit.
Il multipliait les
jeûnes, les veilles, les mortifications : son corps, il le traitait en
serviteur indigne, mais il prodiguait à son prochain la tendresse d’un père.
Les pauvres, les veuves, les orphelins trouvaient auprès de lui un refuge
assuré. Il mariait les jeunes filles démunies pour les préserver du péché, et
reconstruisait les familles ruinées.
Le défenseur de la foi
Mais ce roi au cœur de
moine fut aussi un héros des champs de bataille. Les barbares menaçaient sans
cesse les frontières : Huns, Russes, Polonais, Bohémiens… Il les repoussa tous,
avec une vaillance que tempérait la prière. Avant chaque expédition, il
ordonnait des jeûnes publics, des supplications, des processions. Il marchait
en tête de ses troupes, sabre à la main, chapelet à la ceinture, symbole d’un
prince qui plaçait toujours Dieu avant les armes.
Il triompha notamment des
Polonais à Cracovie, des Huns à deux reprises, mais n’attribua jamais à
lui-même ses victoires. Il disait : « Non nobis, Domine, sed nomini tuo da
gloriam. »
La couronne terrestre
refusée pour le martyre céleste
À l’heure des croisades,
quand Pierre l’Ermite prêcha la délivrance du tombeau du Christ, Ladislas se
sentit appelé. Les ambassadeurs des plus grands royaumes d’Occident le prièrent
de devenir le chef de la sainte armée. Il accepta avec ferveur, espérant
recevoir la palme du martyre.
Mais Dieu, dans ses
desseins impénétrables, l’appela à une autre récompense. En l’an 1095, avant de
pouvoir partir pour Jérusalem, Ladislas fut rappelé à Lui. Sa mort fut douce
comme le sommeil du juste. On dit que les anges portèrent son âme, comme ils
portèrent son corps jusqu’à l’église de Notre-Dame de Varadin, qu’il avait
fondée.
Miracles et canonisation
Son tombeau devint une
source de grâces. On vit un chariot porter seul son corps à Varadin. On vit un
blasphémateur puni, puis guéri par son repentir. Les miracles se multiplièrent.
En 1192, le pape Célestin III (ou peut-être son successeur Innocent III) le
canonisa. La même année, un enfant né sans membres fut miraculeusement guéri.
Iconographie
On représente saint
Ladislas en roi guerrier et contemplatif. Deux anges l’accompagnent, souvenir
d’une vision céleste. Il tient souvent un chapelet et une épée, un étendard ou
une église, symboles de sa piété et de son zèle royal. Certaines images le
montrent frappant une roche de sa lance pour en faire jaillir une source,
allégorie de la grâce jaillissant du cœur du saint.
SOURCE : https://www.laviedessaints.com/saint-ladislas/
Mural
in Székelyderzs Unitarian Church: The Saint Ladislaus legend, detail with the
cavalier-king saint. Dârjiu. The Saint Ladislaus legend, detail with the
cavalier-king saint. Murals on the St. Ladislaus legend. Dârjiu, The murals of
the Unitarian church show the legend of Ladislaus I of Hungary.
Fresque
illustrant la légende de László/Ladislaus.
Freskórészlet
a székelyderzsi templomban a Szent László-legendából: Szent László lovagkirály
alakja. Szent Lászlót ábrázoló freskórészlet Székelyderzs erődtemplomából (a
világörökség része!). Székelyderzs: freskórészlet (világörökség!).
Ladislao insegue il guerriero "cumano" (affresco della chiesa unitaria di Dârjiu, Romania)
Saint Ladislas de Hongrie
: vie, règne et prière
Saint Ladislas était roi
de Hongrie au XIème siècle. Très catholique et pieux,
il a œuvré à diffuser le christianisme dans son pays, en fondant notamment
plusieurs abbayes. Il était très aimé de son peuple : “aucun autre roi hongrois
ne réunit autour de lui un tel amour du peuple”. Saint Ladislas de Hongrie a
été canonisé le 17 juin 1192 par
le pape Célestin III. Il est le saint patron de la Hongrie et des Sicules (peuple
ethno-linguistique de langue hongroise de Transylvanie).
Biographie de saint
Ladislas
Enfance de saint Ladislas
Ladislas Ier est né vers
1040, en Pologne. Il est le second fils du futur roi Béla Ier de Hongrie et de
la princesse Richeza de Pologne. Sa famille avait dû fuir la Hongrie à cause
d’une tentative de prise de pouvoir du grand-père de Ladislas contre son
cousin, saint Étienne Ier.
Ladislas et sa famille
rentrent en Hongrie en 1048, grâce au frère de Béla, devenu le roi André Ier de
Hongrie (qui s’est emparé du trône du roi Pierre de Hongrie, lui-même
successeur de saint Étienne Ier). La famille obtient un tiers du pays.
Querelles de successions
De profondes querelles
secouent l’Europe à cause des différentes successions, prises de pouvoirs et
allégeances. Le roi André Ier et le duc Béla coopèrent donc étroitement,
notamment contre les attaques allemandes. Ils parviennent à préserver
l’indépendance de la Hongrie. En revanche, cette entente est mise à mal
lorsque le roi André a un fils, Salomon. En effet, il veut garantir la
succession de son fils au trône de Hongrie contre son frère, qui est censé lui
succéder. Selon de vieilles coutumes hongroises, c’est le membre le plus
âgé de la famille royale qui peut prétendre au trône après le décès du
roi.
Alors, en 1057, le
roi André Ier fait couronner Salomon. Ladislas participe à la cérémonie
avec son père et ses deux frères Géza et Lampert.
En 1059, ils quittent,
tous les quatre, le pays. Ils reviennent l’année suivante avec des soldats
polonais. Le roi André Ier perd deux batailles contre son frère et meurt peu de
temps après. Ainsi, le père de Ladislas est couronné le 6 décembre 1060.
Béla Ier ne reste que peu de temps sur le trône car il meurt le 11 septembre
1063.
Ladislas et ses frères
reconnaissent la souveraineté de leur cousin, voyant qu’il avait rassemblé des
troupes de soldats allemands. Ils demandent simplement de pouvoir conserver
l’ancien duché de leur père. Salomon refuse leur offre. Alors, devant la
supériorité militaire de leur cousin, Ladislas, Géza et Lampert se réfugient
en Pologne.
Ils reviennent quelques
années plus tard, accompagnés des troupes fournies par leur cousin maternel le
roi Boleslas II de Pologne. Les deux camps, préférant éviter une guerre civile,
acceptent la médiation des évêques. La précédente proposition des trois frères
est finalement acceptée par Salomon. Les années suivantes sont marquées
d’une bonne entente entre les quatre cousins.
Vers 1070, Ladislas
épouse sa première femme, probablement fille d’un comte allemand.
Malheureusement, à
partir de 1071, les querelles entre le duc Géza et le roi Salomon reprennent. Chaque
partie essaie de rassembler le plus de troupes, faisant jouer les filiations.
Le 14 mars 1074, les trois frères remportent une bataille de Mogyorod, victoire
décisive sur les troupes de Salomon, qui doit s’enfuir. Aussitôt, Géza est
nommé comme nouveau roi. Il devient Géza Ier de Hongrie.
Pendant le règne de ce
dernier, Ladislas est son commandant militaire et proche conseiller.
Règne du roi Ladislas Ier
Géza meurt le 25 avril
1077. Très aimé du peuple, Ladislas est aussitôt proclamé roi par ses
partisans. Les tensions avec son cousin sont toujours vivaces. Par ailleurs, ce
dernier essaie toujours de monter les autres dirigeants contre Ladislas. Alors,
le nouveau roi hongrois épouse Adélaïde de Rheinfelden, fille du duc Rodolphe
Ier de Souabe, roi de Germanie.
Le 1081, Salomon finit
par, enfin, abdiquer en faveur de son cousin. Cela ne l’empêchera pas, quelques
années plus tard, d’essayer, à nouveau, de renverser Ladislas.
Pendant tout son règne,
le roi de Hongrie n’a de cesse de chercher à instaurer la paix et le calme dans
son royaume. À son initiative, le
pape Grégoire VII ordonne la canonisation du premier roi de Hongrie,
Étienne Ier, et de son fils, Émeric Ier, le
15 août 1083.
Ladislas est un bon roi,
sage, vertueux et juste mais sévère. En effet, il publie des décrets
contre les auteurs d'infractions (de crimes mineurs contre les biens ou des
atteintes à la foi chrétienne). Il œuvre activement à la réorganisation de
l’Église catholique de Hongrie, créant le nouvel évêché de Zagreb en 1094. Il
fonde également l’archevêché de Bacs et de nombreuses églises.
Ladislas promulgue
également des lois contre le paganisme, œuvrant pour la christianisation de son
pays.
Fin de vie de saint
Ladislas
La fin de son règne est
marquée par de grosses tensions entre ses deux neveux, Coloman et Almos. En
effet, Ladislas n’a eu qu’une fille. C’est donc à l’un de ses neveux que
revient le trône.
Saint Ladislas de Hongrie
rend son âme à Dieu le 29 juillet 1095 à Nyitra, en Slovaquie. Il est inhumé à
l’abbaye de Somogyvar (qu’il avait fondée en 1091), à Varad (aujourd’hui
Oradea, en Roumanie).
Après sa mort, tout le
pays porte son deuil pendant trois ans. Aucun autre roi de Hongrie n’avait
joui d’une telle estime. Ladislas était déjà considéré comme un saint,
bien avant sa canonisation, notamment à cause du grand nombre de miracles qui
lui est attribué.
On dit de lui qu’il était
: « un vrai paladin et un noble chevalier, un protecteur de sa foi et de
son peuple, ainsi que des pauvres et des malheureux sans défense. »
Saint Ladislas est fêté le 30 juin.
Continuez votre prière
avec saint Ladislas de Hongrie grâce à Hozana !
Avec
Hozana, découvrez les saints et marchez sur leurs pas ! En priant
avec les saints, vous découvrirez la puissance de la communion des saints !
Avec saint Ladislas de
Hongrie, recevez chaque jour en vidéo : l'enseignement d'un
évêque sur le thème de l'Espérance, un témoignage et un temps d'adoration
!
Priez pour les
conversions !
SOURCE : https://hozana.org/saints/saint-ladislas-de-hongrie
Unknown
Master, Hungarian (active 1590s), Saint Ladislaus, King of Hungary, circa
1600, 103 x 101.3, Hungarian National Gallery
Also
known as
Ladislao
Ladislaus
Lalo
Lancelot
Laszlo
30 June on
some calendars
Profile
Born a prince,
son of Bela I, King of Hungary. King of Hungary in 1077.
Annexed Dalmatia and Croatia to
greater Hungary.
He expelled the Huns, Poles, Tatars, and Russians from
his lands, and made Christianity the
national religion. Known for his enlightened government, his devotion to his
people and to the Church.
Chosen commander-in-chief of the First Crusade,
but died before
the expedition left.
Born
1095 in Neutra, Hungary (in
modern Slovakia)
relics at
Varadin (in modern Serbia)
27 June 1192 by Pope Celestine
III
in Hungary
Additional
Information
Book
of Saints, by the Monks of
Ramsgate
Lives
of the Saints, by Father Alban
Butler
Lives
of the Saints, by Father Alban
Butler
Roman
Martyrology, 1914 edition
Saints
of the Day, by Katherine Rabenstein
Short
Lives of the Saints, by Eleanor Cecilia Donnelly
books
Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
Saints
and Their Attributes, by Helen Roeder
other
sites in english
images
sitios
en español
Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición
fonti
in italiano
MLA
Citation
“Saint Ladislas“. CatholicSaints.Info.
16 December 2023. Web. 5 October 2025.
<https://catholicsaints.info/saint-ladislas/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saint-ladislas/
.jpg)
Mural
in Kraskovo church, Slovakia: The Saint Ladislaus legend, detail with the
cavalier-king saint, depicted with King Sigismund's face, circa 1390
Article
(Lancelot) (Saint) King (June 27)
(11th
century) The son of Bela, King of Hungary, to which kingdom after his
accession (A.D. 1080), Ladislas added Dalmatia and Croatia. An able leader of
armies, he fought successfully against the Poles, Russians and Tartars. He
died, July 30, A.D. 1095, at the age of fifty-four, while preparing to take
part in the First Crusade. He governed wisely and well, and his many virtues
made him beloved by his people. Miracles were wrought at his tomb, and he was
canonised by Pope Celestine III (A.D. 1198). His Feast is kept on June 27,
Anniversary of the Translation of his Relics.
MLA
Citation
Monks of Ramsgate.
“Ladislas”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info.
11 August 2018. Web. 5 October 2025.
<https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-ladislas/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-ladislas/
Bükkaranyos,
római katolikus templom belső tere
Interior
of Saint Ladislaus of Hungary church in Bükkaranyos ; Paintings of Saint
Ladislaus in Hungary ; 1902 oil on canvas
paintings in Hungary
New
Catholic Dictionary – Saint Ladislaus
Article
King of Hungary,
born Poland, 1040; died Neutra,
Hungary, 1095.
His father was
Bela I and upon the death of
his brother, Geisa I, the nobles chose Ladislaus to succeed him rather than
Solomon, the son of Andrew I. He enlarged his kingdom by the conquest of Croatia and
Dalmatia and expelled the Huns, Poles,
Tatars, and Russians,
making Christianity the
national religion. In the government of his realm he followed the illustrious
example of Saint Stephen, thus winning the respect and love of his
subjects. Canonized,
1198. Relics at Varadin. Feast, 27
June.
MLA
Citation
“Saint Ladislaus”. New Catholic Dictionary. CatholicSaints.Info.
10 August 2017. Web. 5 October 2025.
<https://catholicsaints.info/new-catholic-dictionary-saint-ladislaus/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saint-ladislas/
Székesfehérvár,
római katolikus székesegyház
Cathedral
Basilica of St. Stephen the King, Székesfehérvár - Saint
Stephen of Hungary cathedral in Székesfehérvár ; Statues of Saint
Ladislaus in Hungary
St. Ladislaus
June 27th
St. Ladislaus was the
King of Hungary, born 1040 and died at Neutra, July 29, 1095 as one
of Hungary's national Christian heroes. He was the son of Béla I, and the
nobles, after the death of Geisa I, passed over Solomon, the son of Andrew I,
and chose Ladislaus to be their king in 1077.
Ladislaus eventually made
peace with Solomon, when the latter gave up all claims to the throne of
Hungary, however, later on he rebelled against Ladislaus, who took him prisoner
and held him in the fortress of Visegrád. On the occasion of the canonization of
Stephen I, Ladislaus gave Solomon his freedom, but in 1086 Solomon, with the
aid of the heathen Cumans, revolted against Ladislaus a second time. Ladislaus,
however, vanquished them again, and in 1089 gained another victory over
theTurkish Cumans. In 1091 Ladislaus marched into Croatia at the request of his
sister, the widowed Queen Helena, and took possession of the kingdom for the
crown of Hungary where, in 1092, he founded the Bishopric of Agram (Zágráb). In
the same year (1092), he also founded the Bishopric of Grosswardein
(Nagy-Várad) in Hungary, which, however, some trace back to Stephen I.
Ladislaus governed the
religious and civil affairs of his assembly of the Imperial States at Szabolcs,
that might almost be called a synod. He tried vigorously to suppress the
remaining heathen customs. He was buried in the cathedral of Grosswardein. He
still lives in the sagas and poems of his people as a chivalrous king.
He was canonized by
Celestine III in 1192.
SOURCE : https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-ladislaus-284
Tiszakécske,
római katolikus templom üvegablakai
Stained-glass
windows of the Roman Catholic church in Tiszakécske, Hungary - Ladislaus
I of Hungary on stained-glass windows in Hungary ; Interior of
Holy Trinity church in Tiszakécske
St. Laszlo
Feastday: June 27
Patron: of
architecture
Laszlo was the son of
King Bela of Hungary. He was born at Neustra on July 29 and was elected King
of Hungary by
the nobles in 1077. He was at once faced with the claims of a relative and son
of a former King, Solomon, to the throne, and defeated him on the battlefield
in 1089. He supported Pope Gregory VII in his investiture struggle against
Emperor Henry IV, and Rupert of Swabia, Henry's rival; Laszlo married Adelaide,
daughter of Duke Welf of Bavaria, one of Rupert's supporters. Laszlo
successfully repelled Cuman attempts to invade Hungary, encouraged Christian missionaries,
and built many churches, but allowed religious freedom to the Jews and
Mohammedans in his realms. In 1091, he marched to the aid of his sister Helen,
Queen of Croatia, against the murderers of her husband, and when she died childless,
annexed Croatia and Dalmatia despite
objections from the Pope, the Emperor in Constantinople, and Venice. At
the Synod of
Szabolcs in 1092, he promulgated a series of laws on religious and civil
matters. He was chosen to lead the armies of the First Crusade but before he
could do so died at Nitra, Bohemia, on July 29 when he was fifty-five years
old. He is one of the great national heroes of Hungary and
made Hungary a
great state, extending its borders and defending it successfully against
invasion. He was venerated from the time of
his death for his zeal, piety, and moral life, and was canonized in 1192 by
Pope Celestine III. Laszlo is known in Polish as Ladislaus. His feast day is June 27.
SOURCE : https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=822
A Kőbányai Szent László római katolikus
plébániatemplom 'Porta patet vitae, Christus, via vera, venite' a
nyitott előtér mozaikja. Azonosító 1091 (törzsszám 15686).
Magyaros-szecessziós, Lechner Ödön és Tandor Ottó tervei alapján, 1892-1906.
- Budapest, Kőbánya kerület, Ligettelek városrész,
Szent László tér.
Saint Ladislaus Church, Jesus mosaic over entrance. - Roman Catholic parish church in Kőbánya, Szent László Square, Budapest District X., Budapest.
St. Ladislaus
King of Hungary,
born 1040; died at Neutra,
29 July, 1095; one of Hungary's national Christian heroes.
He was the son of Béla I; the nobles, after the death of Geisa I,
passed over Solomon, son of Andrew I, and chose Ladislaus to be their king in
1077. It is true that
he made peace with Solomon, when the latter gave up all claims to
the throne of Hungary;
however, later on he rebelled against Ladislaus, who took him prisoner and
held in the fortress of Visegrád. On the occasion of the canonization of Stephen I,
Ladislaus gave Solomon his freedom, but in 1086 Solomon, with
the aid of the heathen Cumans,
revolted against Ladislaus a second time; the latter, however, vanquished them,
and in 1089 gained another victory over the Turkish Cumans. In 1091
Ladislaus marched into Croatia,
at the request of his sister, the widowed Queen Helena,
and took possession of the kingdom for the crown of Hungary,
where, in 1092, he founded the Bishopric of Agram
(Zágráb). In the same year (1092), he also founded
the Bishopric of Grosswardein (Nagy-Várad),
in Hungary,
which, however, some trace back to Stephen I. Ladislaus governed
the religious and civil affairs of his assembly of the Imperial
States at Szabolcs, that might almost be called a synod.
He tried vigorously to suppress the remaining heathen customs.
He was buried in
the cathedral of Grosswardein.
He still lives in the sagas and poems of his people as a chivalrous king.
In 1192 he was canonized by Celestine
III.
Bihl, Michael. "St. Ladislaus." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol.
8. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 26 Mar.
2015<http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08737a.htm>.
Transcription. This
article was transcribed for New Advent by Christine J. Murray.
Ecclesiastical
approbation. Nihil Obstat. October 1, 1910. Remy Lafort, S.T.D.,
Censor. Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.
Copyright © 2023 by Kevin Knight.
Dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
SOURCE : http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08737a.htm
Budapest,
rákosszentmihályi római katolikus templom belső tere
Interior
of the Roman Catholic church of Rákosszentmihály, Budapest, Hungary - Statues of Saint
Ladislaus in Hungary
Saints
of the Day – Ladislaus I of Hungary, King
Article
(also known as Lancelot,
Lalo, Laszlo)
Born in Neustra, Hungary,
July 29, 1040; died at Nitra, Bohemia, July 29, 1095; canonized in 1192 by Pope
Celestine III. Laszlo of the house of Arpad, son of King Bela, was elected king
of Hungary in 1077 by the nobles. He followed in the footsteps of Saint Stephen
I of Hungary. Immediately he was faced with the claims of a relative and son of
a former king, Solomon, to the throne, and defeated him on the battlefield in
1089. He developed the power of his young kingdom. He fought just and
successful wars against Poles, Russians, and the Tartars.
Laszlo supported Pope
Gregory VII in his investiture struggle against Emperor Henry IV, and Rupert of
Swabia, Henry’s rival. Laszlo married Adelaide, daughter of Duke Welf of
Bavaria, one of Rupert’s supporters. While Laszlo encouraged Christian
missionaries and fostered Christianity within his dominions, he allowed
religious freedom to the Jews and Islamics within his realm.
He was distinguished
personally for the justness of his rule and the virtue of his life. In 1091,
Laszlo marched to the aid of his sister, Helen, Queen of Croatia, against the
murderers of her husband. When she died childless, he extended the boundaries
of his kingdom by the annexation of Croatia and Dalmatia despite objections
from the pope, the emperor in Constantinople, and Venice.
In 1092 at the Synod of
Szabolcs, Laszlo promulgated a series of laws on religious and civil matters.
He was chosen to lead the armies of the first crusade but before he could go he
died. In a sentence, Laszlo was the ideal national hero. He is venerated for
his zeal, piety, and moral life. In 1192, his relics were enshrined as those of
a saint in the cathedral he had founded at Nagyvarad (Attwater, Benedictines,
Delaney).
In art, Saint Ladislaus
is portrayed as an armored king with a banner bearing a cross and a halberd. He
may be shown (1) on a battlefield; (2) attacking a Tarter who is carrying off a
lady; (3) between Saints Stephen of Hungary and Emeric; and (4) two angels with
swords near him. He is the patron saint of Hungary (Roeder).
MLA
Citation
Katherine I
Rabenstein. Saints of the Day, 1998. CatholicSaints.Info.
30 June 2020. Web. 5 October 2025. <https://catholicsaints.info/saints-of-the-day-ladislaus-i-of-hungary-king/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saints-of-the-day-ladislaus-i-of-hungary-king/
Budapest,
rákosszentmihályi római katolikus templom üvegablakai
Stained glass windows of the Roman Catholic church in Rákosszentmihály, Budapest, Hungary- Ladislaus I of Hungary on stained-glass windows in Hungary ; Interior of Holy Trinity church in Tiszakécske
Budapest,
rákosszentmihályi római katolikus templom üvegablakai
Stained
glass windows of the Roman Catholic church in Rákosszentmihály, Budapest,
Hungary- Ladislaus
I of Hungary on stained-glass windows in Hungary ; Interior of
Holy Trinity church in Tiszakécske
June 27
ST LADISLAUS OF HUNGARY (A.D.
1095)
If Hungary owed the
establishment of its monarchy and the organization of its church to St Stephen
I, it was almost equally indebted to another sainted king of the same house of
Arpad. For Ladislaus extended its borders, kept its enemies at bay, and made it
politically a great state. But it is not for such activities that men are
canonized (if, indeed, Ladislaus ever was formally canonized, which appears to
be doubtful); and it is for his private life and work for Christianity that
reverence is due to his memory.
After a childhood and
youth whose background was political intrigue and dynastic violence, Ladislaus
(Laszlo) came to the Hungarian throne in 1077; but his rights were contested by
his kinsman Solomon, whom eventually he defeated in battle. The young prince
was said to be the embodiment of the outward graces and inner virtues of the
ideal knight of chivalry. Towering head and shoulders above the crowd, he had
the strength and courage of a lion, combined with a courteous affability that
endeared him to all. His piety, which was as fervent as it was well balanced,
expressed itself in his zeal for the faith, in the punctilious fulfillment of
his religious obligations, in the strictness of his morals, and in the
austerity of his life. Entirely devoid of personal ambition, he accepted the
dignity thrust upon him from a sense of duty. In pursuance of a policy dictated
alike by his religious and his patriotic instincts, Ladislaus allied himself
closely with Pope Gregory VII and the other opponents of the German emperor,
Henry IV. He espoused the cause of Henry's rival, Rupert of Swabia, and married
Adelaide, the daughter of Rupert's chief supporter, Duke Welf of Bavaria.
Within the boundaries of Hungary itself he had to face repeated invasions from
the Kumans and others, but he successfully repulsed them all and did his best
to win barbarian tribes to Christianity and civilization; at the same time he
allowed civil and religious liberty to the jews and the Ishmaelites, i.e.
Mohammedans. It was at his solicitation that King Stephen I, his son Emeric,
and the martyred bishop Gerard were recognized by the Holy See as worthy of
veneration as saints.
Ladislaus governed with a
firm hand in both civil and ecclesiastical affairs, as was seen at the diet of
Szabolcs and when, in 1091, his sister Helen, the widowed queen of Croatia,
appealed to him for help against the murderers of her husband. He marched in,
restored some sort of order, and established the see of Zagreb. But when Helen
died childless he annexed Croatia and Dalmatia, in the face of remonstrances
from the emperor at Constantinople, the republic of Venice and the Holy See.
Nevertheless Bd Urban II looked for his help in organizing the First Crusade,
and it was Ladislaus who was chosen by the kings of France, Spain and England
to be the commander-in-chief of that expedition. However he was not destined to
march with the rest, for he died rather suddenly at Nitra in Bohemia in 1095.
He was fifty-five years old.
The body of St Ladislaus
was taken for burial to Nagy Varad (Oradea Mare in Transylvania) -- to the city
and the cathedral which he had founded. From the moment of his death he was
honoured as a saint and a national hero, and his deeds have formed the theme of
many popular Magyar ballads and tales. His relics were solemnly enshrined in
1192.
The Bollandists in
the Acta Sanctorum, June, vol. vii, print a set of liturgical legendae,
accompanied with the usual historical dissertation. A more reliable source is
probably the life edited by S. L. Endlicher, in his Rerum Hungaricarum
Monumenta Arpadiana (1849), pp. 235-244, and 324-348. See also Archiv
f. öster. Geschichte (1902), pp. 46-53, and an article, "St
Laszlo" translated by E. Lindner in the Ungarische Revue for
1885. There are several lives published in Magyar, of which that by J.
Karacsonyi (1926) is said to be the best. See also Revue archéologique,
1925, pp. 315-327, and C. A. Macartney, The Medieval Hungarian Historians (1953).
SOURCE : http://www.katolikus.hu/hun-saints/ladislaus.html
Main
altar dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua in the Franciscan church of
Szigetvár, Baranya, Hungary - Statues of Saint
Ladislaus in Hungary
June 27
St. Ladislas I., King of
Hungary, Confessor
See Papebroke’s
collections from the Hungarian historians, t. 5, Junij, p. 315.
A.D. 1095.
LADISLAS the First,
called by the Hungarians St. Lalo, and in old French, Lancelot, was son of Bela
king of Hungary, and born in 1041. By the pertinacious importunity of the
people he was compelled, much against his own inclination, to ascend the throne
in 1080, the kingdom being then elective. He restored the good laws and
discipline which St. Stephen had established, and which seem to have been
obliterated by the confusion of the times. Chastity, meekness, gravity,
charity, and piety were from his infancy the distinguishing parts of his
character; avarice and ambition were his sovereign aversion, so perfectly had
the maxims of the gospel extinguished in him all propensity to those base
passions. His life in the palace was most austere: he was frugal and abstemious,
but most liberal to the Church and poor. Vanity, pleasure, or idle amusements
had no share in his actions or time, because all his moments were consecrated
to the exercises of religion and the duties of his station, in which he had
only the divine will in view, and sought only God’s greater honour. He watched
over a strict and impartial administration of justice, was generous and
merciful to his enemies, and vigorous in the defence of his country and the
Church. He added to his kingdom Dalmatia and Croatia, drove the Huns out of his
territories, and vanquished the Poles, Russians, and Tartars. He was preparing
to command as general-in-chief, the great expedition of the Christians against
the Saracens for the recovery of the Holy Land, when God called him to himself
on the 30th of July, 1095. He was buried at Waradin, where his relics continue
“still to be illustrated by miracles,” says the Roman Martyrology, on the 27th
of June, on which day, on account of their translation, it celebrates his festival.
He was canonized by Celestine III. in 1198. 1
How useless and
impertinent are the scenes and amusements of the world, in which so many
squander away that time which was given them to prepare for eternity! How
insignificant and capricious are the lives of many who make here the greatest
figure! The saints filled all their moments with good works and great actions;
and, whilst they laboured for an immortal crown, the greatest share of worldly
happiness of which this life is capable fell in their way without being even
looked for by them. In their afflictions themselves, virtue afforded them the
most solid comfort, pointed out the remedy, and converted their tribulations
into the greatest advantages.
Rev. Alban Butler
(1711–73). Volume VI: June. The Lives of the Saints. 1866
SOURCE : http://www.bartleby.com/210/6/271.html
Türje,
premontrei templom belső tere
Interior
of the Premonstratensian church in Türje, Zala, Hungary
Interior of the
Provostry Church in Türje ; Paintings
by István Dorffmaister in the Provostry church in Türje ; Grisaille in Hungary ; Paintings of Saint
Ladislaus in Hungary
Saint Ladislas I
King of Hungary
(1031-1095)
Ladislas I was the
grandson of the cousin of Saint Stephen of Hungary and the second son of his
father, King Bela. It was only with sadness that as a young man he had seen his
father ascend the throne, since it was by a war against his father's own
brother that he did so. Bela's virtuous son would gladly have escaped the
honors of royalty, but his cousin Solomon, legitimate heir, was cruel and had
been driven out by Ladislas' older brother, Geiza, who after taking his place
had reigned for only three years before his death. The people of Hungary knew
of Ladislas's bravery in combat, his chastity, and his sobriety, above all his
charity; everywhere the poor were showing the clothing and the silver he had
given them from his own house. He knew many of them by name, and they had named
him the pious Prince, for he had built magnificent Christian churches in a
land where many still honored the pagan idols. It was with joy that the people
chose Ladislas to replace his brother as King of Hungary.
He soon showed himself to
be a perfect Christian king by the moderation of his judgments, his affability
in receiving even the least of his vassals, his fatherly kindness to all. He
restored the good laws and discipline which Saint Stephen had established, and
which seem to have been obliterated by the confusion of the times. Chastity,
meekness, gravity, charity, and piety were from his infancy the distinguishing
traits of his character. Avarice and ambition were his sovereign aversion, so
perfectly had the maxims of the Gospel extinguished in him all propensity to
those base passions. His life in the palace continued to be very austere; he
was very frugal and mortified personally, but very liberal to the Church and
the poor. Vanity, pleasure, or idle amusements had no share in his actions or
time, because all his moments were consecrated to the exercises of religion and
the duties of his station. He had only the divine will in view, and always
sought God's greater honor. Generous and merciful to his enemies, he was
vigorous in the defense of his country and the Church.
During his reign his
kingdom was attacked by numerous neighboring peoples. Before going out to
repulse them he always commanded public prayers and a fast of three days, then
at the head of his armies fought and was invariably victorious with the help of
God, whom he did not cease to implore. He was preparing to depart, at the
request of the princes of France, Spain and England, as General-in-chief of the
300,000 recruits of the great first crusade of the Christians against the
Saracens for the recovery of the Holy Land, when God called him to Himself, on
July 30, 1095, at the age of fifty-four years. Miracles were numerous at his
tomb, and he was canonized one hundred years later, in 1199. The same day a
small child born without hands and feet was cured by the invocation of Saint
Ladislas.
Reflection. The
Saints filled all their moments with good works and admirable actions; and
while they labored for an immortal crown, the peace of Christ, the greatest
share of worldly happiness of which this life is capable, was given them
without their having sought it. In their afflictions virtue afforded them the
most solid comfort, pointed out the remedy, and converted their tribulations
into great advantages.
Les Petits Bollandistes:
Vies des Saints, by Msgr. Paul Guérin (Bloud et Barral: Paris, 1882), Vol.
7; Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints, a compilation based on Butler's
Lives of the Saints, and other sources by John Gilmary Shea (Benziger
Brothers: New York, 1894)
SOURCE : https://sanctoral.com/en/saints/saint_ladislas_i.html
Pusztakovácsi,
római katolikus templom belső tere
Interior
of Saint Ladislaus church in Pusztakovácsi ; Paintings of Saint
Ladislaus in Hungary
Pictorial
Lives of the Saints – Saint Ladislas, King
Article
Ladislas the First, son
of Bela, King of Hungary, was born in 1041. By the pertinacious importunity of
the people he was compelled, much against his own inclination, to ascend the
throne, in 1080. He restored the good laws and discipline wnich Saint Stephen
had established, and which seem to have been obliterated by the confusion of
the times. Chastity, meekness, gravity, charity, and piety were from his
infancy the distinguishing parts of his character; avarice and ambition were
his sovereign aversion, so perfectly had the maxims of the Gospel extinguished
in him all propensity to those base passions. His life in the palace was most
austere; he was frugal and abstemious, but most liberal to the Church and the
poor. Vanity, pleasure, or idle amusements had no share in his actions or time,
because all his moments were consecrated to the exercises of religion and the
duties of his station, in which he had only the divine will in view, ami sought
only God’s greater honor. He watched over a strict and impartial administration
of justice, was generous and merciful to his enemies, and vigorous in the
defence of his country and the Church. He drove the Huns out of his
territories, and vanquished the Poles, Russians, and Tartars. He was preparing
to command, as general-in-chief, the great expedition of the Christians against
the Saracens for the recovery of the Holy Land, when God called him to Himself,
on the 30th of July, 1095.
Reflection – The Saints
filled all their moments with good works and great actions; and, whilst they
labored for an immortal crown, the greatest share of worldly happiness of which
this life is capable fell in their way without being even looked for by them.
In their afflictions themselves, virtue afforded them the most solid comfort,
pointed out the remedy, and converted their tribulations into the greatest
advantages.
MLA
Citation
John Dawson Gilmary Shea.
“Saint Ladislas, King”. Pictorial Lives of the
Saints, 1889. CatholicSaints.Info.
25 May 2014. Web. 5 October 2025. <https://catholicsaints.info/pictorial-lives-of-the-saints-saint-ladislas-king/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/pictorial-lives-of-the-saints-saint-ladislas-king/
Ladislao
I in una miniatura della Chronica
Picta
San Ladislao Re
d'Ungheria
Festa: 30 giugno
1031 - 30 luglio 1096
Figlio di Bela, re
d'Ungheria, nacque nel 1031, ma essendo il trono elettivo non aveva alcun
diritto alla successione. Ben presto però le sua qualità e la sua vita gli
meritarono l'elezione a re e guidò un governo secondo il volere di Dio. Appena
ebbe nelle sue mani le redini del potere si diede a riformare i costumi,
rinnovare i tribunali e rialzare la pubblica moralità. Lottò, combattè e
soffrì, ma alla fine riuscì a rendere il suo popolo profondamente cristiano e
degno di essere additato a esempio di ogni altro. Era casto, detestava
l'avarizia e aveva una spiccata sobrietà che usava nei cibi e nelle bevande
tanto da far stupire i suoi cortigiani. Inoltre dedicava molte ore alla
preghiera e alle buone letture. La giustizia e l'imparzialità unite all'amore
evangelico resero Ladislao un modello di re. Riparò nel suo regno i guasti
causati dalle innumerevoli ribellioni e da molte eresie, formando una nazione
unita nella fede.
Etimologia: Ladislao
= signore, che governa glorioso, dal polacco)
Martirologio
Romano: A Nitra sull’omonimo fiume presso i monti Carpazi, nell’odierna
Slovacchia, transito di san Ladislao, che, re di Ungheria, durante il suo regno
ristabilì le leggi cristiane introdotte da santo Stefano, riformando i costumi
e dando lui stesso esempio di virtù; si adoperò con zelo nel propagare la fede
cristiana nella Croazia, unita al regno di Ungheria, istituendo la sede
episcopale a Zagabria. Morì mentre muoveva guerra ai Boemi e il suo corpo fu
poi deposto a Oradea in Transilvania.
Ladislao, figlio di Bela, re d’Ungheria, nacque l’anno 1031, ma essendo il trono elettivo non aveva alcun diritto alla successione. Ben presto però le bellissime qualità e la integerrima sua vita gli meritarono l’elezione a re e un governo secondo il cuore e il volere di Dio.
Appena ebbe nelle sue mani le redini del potere si diede con meravigliosa alacrità a ripurgare tutta la legislazione, riformare i costumi, rinnovare tribunali, rialzare la pubblica moralità, calpestata da ogni classe di cittadini. L’intento che guidava il santo monarca era quello di fare che la religione divenisse cardine della legislazione e base di tutto il benessere sociale. Per questo lottò, combattè, soffrì, ma alla fine trionfò, rendendo il suo popolo profondamente cristiano e degno di essere additato a modello di ogni altro.
Era casto, pietoso, informato ai precetti evangelici; detestava l’avarizia, l’ambizione e stimava perduto quel giorno nel quale non avesse fatto del bene, o impedito del male. La sobrietà che usava nei cibi e nelle bevande facevano stupire i suoi cortigiani che si domandavano come mai il loro re, benchè gli venissero preparati prelibatissimi pranzi, rinunziasse a tutto cibandosi spesso di legumi e bevendo acqua pura.
Sempre occupato a disimpegnare le cose dello stato, trovava tuttavia le ore per le preghiere e per le buone letture; nella sua grande carità non cessava di abbellire chiese, sollevare le miserie della sua nazione, proscrivendo i trasgressori delle leggi senza accettazione di persone.
La giustizia, l’imparzialità, l’intransigenza e una titanica volontà unite all’amore evangelico, resero Ladislao modello di re. Riparò nel suo regno i guasti causati dalle innumerevoli ribellioni e da molte eresie, formando un popolo unito nella fede, sottomesso in tutto alla Sede Apostolica, popolo che assieme al suo re, rimase d’indelebile memoria ai posteri.
Intanto i Turchi, orgogliosi della conquista dei luoghi santi, minacciavano l’Europa e opprimevano crudelmente i fedeli caduti nelle loro mani. Dall’Europa fu lanciato il grido della liberazione dei fratelli, e i principi che pronti risposero all’eco non tardarono ad allestire eserciti a questo nobile fine.
Anche il re Ladislao preparò le sue milizie, e già tutto era pronto quando
cadde repentinamente ammalato. Subito gli furono prodigate le cure da parte dei
medici del caso, ma egli sapendo ehe la divina misericordia ormai lo voleva al
cielo, si munì dei conforti spirituali della Chiesa. Contento di avere
combattuto e sofferto per la causa di Dio, con l’anima tranquilla, con gli
occhi fissi al cielo placidamente spirava il 30 luglio dell’anno 1096.
Autore: Antonio Galuzzi
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Miniaturist, Hungarian (active in 1330s), Magyar Anjou Legendárium, circa 1335
- Saint Ladislaus
legend in Anjou Legendarium, tempera on parchment,
28.3 x 21.5
en:Anjou Legendarium, circa 1335, Vatican Library
Unknown
Miniaturist, Hungarian (active in 1330s), Magyar Anjou Legendárium, circa 1335
- Saint Ladislaus
legend in Anjou Legendarium, tempera on parchment,
28.3 x 21.5
en:Anjou Legendarium, circa 1335, Vatican Library - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Roma. Vat.lat.8541 f. 81v
Unknown
Miniaturist, Hungarian (active in 1330s), Magyar Anjou Legendárium, circa 1335
- Saint Ladislaus
legend in Anjou Legendarium, tempera on parchment,
28.3 x 21.5
en:Anjou Legendarium, circa 1335, Vatican Library
Unknown
Miniaturist, Hungarian (active in 1330s), Magyar Anjou Legendárium, circa 1335
- Saint Ladislaus
legend in Anjou Legendarium, tempera on parchment,
28.3 x 21.5
en:Anjou Legendarium, circa 1335, Vatican Library
Unknown
Miniaturist, Hungarian (active in 1330s), Magyar Anjou Legendárium, circa 1335
- Saint Ladislaus
legend in Anjou Legendarium, tempera on parchment,
28.3 x 21.5
en:Anjou Legendarium, circa 1335, Vatican Library
1.
Funerale di Ladislao;
2. Fedeli pregano presso la sua tomba;
3. Un uomo facoltoso tenta invano di sollevare il sigillo d'argento;
4. Un uomo povero solleva il sigillo, trovandolo leggerissimo. (tratto
dal Legendarium angioino, circa 1335)
Unknown Miniaturist, Hungarian (active in 1330s), Magyar Anjou Legendárium, circa 1335 - Saint Ladislaus legend in Anjou Legendarium, tempera on parchment, 28.3 x 21.5
en:Anjou Legendarium, circa 1335, Vatican Library
Un re giusto, saggio, generoso, che detesta l’avarizia, che prega e vive in modo semplice, pensando al bene del suo popolo. Questo è Ladislao, nato in Polonia nel 1031. Il suo nome in polacco significa “signore che governa glorioso”. Cresce e diventa un ragazzo bellissimo, la sua statura è così elevata da superare tutti i suoi sudditi. I suoi modi sono gentili, il suo animo è buono e caritatevole. È anche forte, robusto e coraggioso in battaglia. Ladislao, diventato re d’Ungheria nel 1077, viene soprannominato “Lancillotto”, proprio come il valoroso cavaliere della Tavola Rotonda del leggendario re Artù. Ma nel privato il re ha una condotta improntata alla sobrietà e al buon cuore che diventa un esempio di virtù per i suoi sudditi. Egli prega e legge libri religiosi. Lascia costernati i suoi cuochi che gli preparano ogni prelibatezza, perché preferisce cibarsi di legumi e beve solo acqua.
Ladislao pensa soprattutto al benessere del suo popolo. Egli ritiene che ogni giorno trascorso senza aver fatto del bene o impedito del male sia sprecato. Profondamente credente, fa costruire chiese e introduce il Cattolicesimo nel suo regno, diffondendolo anche in Croazia, annessa all’Ungheria. Il monarca intende governare avvalendosi dei dettami della religione cattolica, ritenendola fondamentale per il benessere della società. Difende il suo regno con successo, con la spada e l’esercito ai suoi ordini, dalle invasioni dei Tartari. Amato dal popolo, promulga leggi per migliorare la vita dei cittadini e interviene in soccorso degli orfani e dei poveri. Così il re comincia ad essere chiamato “Ladislao il Pio”.
In seguito all’invasione dei Turchi in Terra Santa, il monarca si organizza per unirsi agli altri eserciti europei e partecipare alla prima crociata. Purtroppo il re si ammala gravemente e muore a Nitra, in Slovacchia, nel 1096. Oggi riposa nella Cattedrale di Oradea (Romania). L’Ungheria lo ricorda come un eroe nazionale e ancora oggi la sua statua campeggia nella Piazza degli Eroi a Budapest.
Autore: Mariella Lentini
