Tamás Bakócz [SEP] place of death
Tamás Bakócz
Tamás Bakócz (1442 Erdőd – 15 June 1521, Esztergom) was a Hungarian archbishop, cardinal and statesman.
He was the son of a wagoner and was adopted by his uncle, who trained him for the priesthood and whom he succeeded as rector of Tétel (1480). He studied in Breslau and Padua. Shortly afterwards he became one of the secretaries of King Matthias Corvinus, who made him bishop of Győr and a member of the royal council (1490). Under Vladislaus II of Bohemia and
largest painting in the world painted on a single piece of canvas.
The basilica is also known for "Bakócz Chapel" (named after Tamás Bakócz), built by Italian masters between 1506–1507 out of red marble of Süttő, its walls adorned with Tuscan Renaissance motifs. It is the most precious remaining example of Renaissance art in Hungary.
The huge crypt, built in Old Egyptian style in 1831, is today the resting place of late archbishops, among others, József Mindszenty, famous for his opposition to both Nazi