Coloman of Hungary

Coloman (; 1317 – 1375) was a Hungarian prelate who served as bishop of Győr from 1337 to 1375. He was the illegitimate son of King Charles I of Hungary. He was imprisoned from 1353 to 1358/59 on suspicion of having conspired against Charles's successor Louis I, but subsequently released and allowed to continue in office.

Life Early career Coloman was born around 1317 to Charles I and his concubine, who resided in the royal summer residence in Csepel Island, according to the chronicles of Dubnic and Pressburg. Based on depictions of the five keystones on the gate of the Old Town Hall in Bratislava (Pressburg), historian Antal Pór identified her as Elizabeth, the daughter of Gurke, a member of the noble Csák kindred. As a royal standard-bearer, Gurke participated in the Battle of Rozgony in 1312, where he was killed. Hungarian historiography roughly accepted this identification.

Despite Coloman's illegitimacy, Charles favoured him and arranged for his education to be overseen by Bishop Ivánka of Várad, allowing him the use of the title "prince" and the Hungarian royal seal of the House of Anjou. His other tutor was Paul, a canon of Várad. The young Coloman was destined for a church career by his father, preventing any possible future conflict over the Hungarian throne. while he was only ordained as a deacon. Coloman also possessed benefices in the cathedral chapter of Székesfehérvár. dispensing him from his impediments (illegitimate origin and young age), after Coloman was "elected by compromise" by the local chapter. On 12 June 1337, the pope authorized any Hungarian prelates to ordain Coloman a priest then consecrate him a bishop.

Coloman's seals were preserved from the years 1345, 1355 and 1356.

Under Coloman's tenure, the of Győr was built at the point where the Rába flows into a tributary of the Danube (the Moson Danube). The fort became the main residence of the bishops thereafter. The gate tower with bastions and a drawbridge is decorated with Coloman's stone-carved and painted coat-of-arms. According to historian Csaba László, it is possible that he built his new residence, the inner fortified castle, because of his tense relationship with his half-brother, the reigning monarch. During Coloman's episcopate, the Paulines and Franciscans founded their monasteries in Csatka and Szombathely, respectively, both laid in the territory of the diocese of Győr. Coloman consecrated the Franciscan church in Kőszeg. Coloman donated the tithe of Felsőlasztaj (today Oberloisdorf, Austria) to the Cistercian Klostermarienberg Abbey (Borsmonostor) in perpetuity. Coloman permitted the Augustinians to settle down in Pápoc in 1359, where Lady Margaret Gelsei had established their cloister, the Priory of Pápoc. Thereafter, Coloman mediated the conflict between the friars and the local parish priest George. Coloman created the collegiate chapter of Pápoc in 1365, which was confirmed by Louis I three years later. In the following decades, there were various lawsuits over the ownership of landholdings between the collegiate chapter and the Augustinian priory. Coloman died sometime after February 1375. He was succeeded by John de Surdis.