THE BYZANTINE DIOCESE TOURKIA RECONSIDERED
THE BYZANTINE DIOCESE TOURKIA RECONSIDERED

Summary/Abstract: From the period of the arrival of Hungarians to the Pannonian plain, Byzantine church influence was present. One of the most obvious traces of such influence was the diocese of Tourkia. From the second half of the 10th century onwards this diocese was first the bishopric, and later it was elevated to the status of metropolitanate. The paper attempts to provide some possible new answers on the development of this church province with particular stress on the time when the bishopric was given a rank of metropolitanate. In addition to this, some other assumptions will be provided on the Byzantine church organization in Hungary and the changes in the diocese of Tourkia through the centuries.

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