Canonici la Capitlul Orod (Arad) în secolele XII–XIV
Canonical in the Chapter of Orod (Arad) in the 12th–14th centuries

Summary/Abstract: The Catholic chapter in Orod was an important place of proof for the counties of Arad, Zarand and Timiș in the 13th–16th centuries. The article reconstructs, based on medieval documentary sources, as far as possible, the history of the Arad canons who carried out their activity within the chapter in Orod, in the 12th–14th centuries. In the case of some canons, the documents also specify the position held (prefect, lecturer, archdeacon, clergyman in the pew of the church, custodian, dean, etc.). Several presidents of Arad in the 13th century held important positions at the court of the kings of Hungary. Magistrate Benedict, the provost of Arad, was, in 1263–1265, vice‑chancellor of the royal court in Buda. The Archdeacon of Arad, Bonioan de Campello, was in direct correspondence with the papacy of Avignon and later became the Catholic bishop of Bosnia (in the middle of the 14th century). A series of canons of the Arad chapter participated, at the request of the kings of Hungary, in the 13th–14th centuries, in conducting judicial investigations, in case of patrimonial and financial disputes between various nobles. We cannot reconstruct the complete litany of the canons from the 12th–14th centuries and, specially, the functions they held within the Arad chapter. With few exceptions, we cannot highlight their careers in various ecclesiastical institutions throughout Hungary.

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