Matthias (bishop of Vác)

Earlier historiography identified him with Matthias Hermán, who was provost of Szepes.^[1] He succeeded Heimo, who is last mentioned as bishop in 1254.^[2] Matthias' name occurs only once, when King Béla IV donated Pilis County to his spouse Maria Laskarina in 1259.^[1] In October 1261, an unidentified bishop of Vác was granted mandate by Pope Urban IV to judge over a tithe lawsuit between the Pannonhalma Abbey and the cathedral chapter of Veszprém.^[3] This data perhaps refers to Matthias or his successor Philip, who first appears as bishop in 1262.^[2]