new Pope that he always remained a staunch Catholic Christian, and never a heretic. This was confirmed by the Pope's delegates that visited Bosnia shortly thereafter. The Pope wrote to the Catholic Archbishop in 1248 stating that he found Ninoslav to be a noble man and loyal to the Catholic faith, despite the sympathy he received infidels against his old enemies, and asked the Archbishop not to rise up against the Ban. The remainder of his reign, Ban Ninoslav Matej dealt with inner matters in Bosnia. His death after 1249, possibly in 1250, brought some conflicts over the throne; as the Bosnian Church desired someone from their own sphere of interest, and the Hungarians side desired someone that they could easily control. Eventually, King Bela IV conquered and pacified Bosnia and succeed in putting Ninoslav 's Catholic cousin Prijezda as the Bosnian Ban. The Bosnian Bishop was expelled to Djakovo in Slavonia and never returned to Bosnia, with the Roman Catholic Church permanently losing all greater foundations in Bosnia. See also List of Bosnian rulers History of Bosnia and Herzegovina Annotations Name: His name is mostly spelled Matej Ninoslav (Матеј Нинослав), and also Matija Ninoslav. References Further reading Bans of Bosnia 13th-century rulers in Europe 1250 deaths 13th-century Hungarian people 13th-century Bosnian people Year of birth unknown Bosnia and Herzegovina Roman Catholics n People of the Banate of Bosnia