Stefan Vancza

Stefan Vancza () (d. July 9, 1270This date is according to all of the sources consulted except J. P. Adams Sede Vacante 1268-71, which indicates that he still subscribed a letter dated August 22, 1270 and died in 1272, during pontificate of Gregory X) was the first Hungarian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, the bishop of Palestrina, and the archbishop and administrator of Esztergom.Miranda, Salvator. 1997. "XIII Century (1198-1303)."
Vancza was made cardinal in December 1251 by Pope Innocent IV, at a time when the church was having problems with the Tatars.Howorth, Henry Hoyle. 1876. History of the Mongols: From the 9th to the 19th Century. Longmans, Green, and Co. p. 151. Vancza had previously been the Chancellor of Hungary.Rosa, Mario, Levillain, ed., 2002, "Curia", The Papacy: An Encyclopedia, Routledge, ISBN 0415922283. p. 468.
==Role in conclaves==
Vancza participated in the papal elections of December 8 - 12, 1254 (that elected Alexander IV), October 1264 - February 5, 1265 (Clement IV), and November 1268 - September 1, 1271, the longest papal election in history, during which he died on July 9, 1270.Miranda, Salvator. 1997. "Papal elections and conclaves of the XIII Century (1216-1294)."
Vancza did not attend the papal election of May 26 - August 29, 1261 (Urban IV).
==References==
Category:1270 deaths
Category:Hungarian cardinals
Category:Cardinal-bishops of Palestrina
Category:Archbishops of Esztergom
Category:13th-century Roman Catholic archbishops
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