from the king as a compensation; the king usually collected extraordinary taxes at Christmas, Easter, and St. Stephen's Day (20 August) each year, which he refrained from collecting in the Diocese of Vác. The bishop also acquired Szalonta and its fair in the same period from Ruthenian merchants. Boleslaus was a strong confidant of Pope Innocent, who entrusted him with participation in several ecclesiastical lawsuits. He mediated in the dispute between Kalán Bár-Kalán and the Benedictine Abbey of Földvár over the right of jurisdiction in 1199. He was also a member of that ecclesiastical court, which investigated the dispute between the archiepiscopal sees of Esztergom and Kalocsa for the supremacy in the Hungarian church hierarchy in 1203. Alongside other suffragans, Boleslaus strongly opposed the election of John as Archbishop of Esztergom in the summer of 1204. Last years Boleslaus regained his influence at the royal court, when Andrew II ascended the Hungarian throne in May 1205. Boleslaus received the privilege to baptize Andrew's firstborn son Béla, future King of Hungary, in 1206, which indicates the close alliance between him and the monarch. As a christening gift, the infant Béla was granted the right of patronage over the Lelesz monastery by Boleslaus. In addition, the bishop also donated some of his lands to the provostry, including Hagymás – which he previously bought from Mercurius, a former Ban of Slavonia –, Kisgéres, Fancsal and Királyhelmec. Andrew II handed over two salt-carrying ferries along the river Maros (Mureș) and two portions of salt income at Dés (present-day Dej, Romania) to Boleslaus, who also granted tax exemption at delivery in every Pentecost. Boleslaus last appeared as a living person in a contemporary document in 1212. He was succeeded by James in the upcoming year. Andrew II, on his journey for a new campaign against Halych in summer 1213, resided in Lelesz, when he was informed of the murder of his wife, Queen Gertrude. Andrew buried a part of his wife's body there and donated the other half portion of Micske to the monastery, previously owned by Boleslaus' nephew, comes Othmar, who lost the estate because of his disloyalty. References Sources 1130s births 1210s deaths Bishops of Vác 12th-century Hungarian people 13th-century Hungarian people 12th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Hungary 13th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Hungary