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Irene of Hungary
Empress consort of the Byzantine Empire (d. 1134)
Feast: 13 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Irene of Hungary (Hungarian: Szent Piroska, Greek: Αγία Ειρήνη της Ουγγαρίας, born Piroska; 1088 – 13 August 1134) was the Byzantine empress by marriage to John II Komnenos. The Byzantine Empire was at its height during this period, and her husband, John II, has been regarded as the greatest of the Komnenian emperors. She is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and is sometimes listed as the Blessed Irene of Hungary (post-congregation) by some Catholic sources, but not by others. Although Hungary belongs to the Western Catholic Church, Piroska is venerated there as a Hungarian saint.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Ladislaus I of Hungary Saint Parent, Father
- Wikidata Q82691 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Irene of Hungary (CC BY-SA)
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