▁of ▁St . ▁John ▁of ▁R ila , ▁and ▁ordered ▁it ▁" to ▁be ▁transport ed ▁with ▁great ▁hon ors ▁to ▁his ▁land ▁and ▁to ▁be ▁laid ▁down ▁with ▁honor ▁in ▁the ▁church " ▁of ▁Es z ter gom , ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁saint ' s ▁Life ▁from ▁the ▁Sof ia ▁Pro log ue . ▁However ▁both ▁arch b ish ops ▁Nicholas ▁and ▁Job ▁object ed ▁against ▁the ▁king ' s ▁intention ▁to ▁introduce ▁the ▁v ener ation ▁of ▁an ▁Eastern ▁Orth odox ▁saint . ▁John ' s ▁re lic s ▁remained ▁in ▁Es z ter gom ▁for ▁four ▁years ▁before ▁being ▁returned ▁to ▁Sof ia ▁in ▁ 1 1 8 7 . ▁Histor ians ▁Gy ula ▁Mor av cs ik ▁and ▁Tam ás ▁B ogy ay ▁argued ▁the ▁remains ▁were ▁sent ▁back ▁as ▁a ▁sign ▁of ▁friendly ▁gesture ▁to ▁the ▁By z antine ▁Empire . ▁ ▁Arch bishop ▁A ▁non - authentic ▁char ter ▁sty led ▁him ▁arch bishop ▁already ▁in ▁ 1 1 7 5 . ▁Histor ian ▁Att ila ▁Z s old os ▁analyz ed ▁the ▁document ▁in ▁detail ▁and ▁revealed ▁the ▁contradict ions ▁between ▁arch ont ological ▁data , ▁which ▁still ▁exist ▁despite ▁that ▁histor i ographical ▁efforts ▁which ▁tried ▁to ▁correct ▁the ▁char ter ' s ▁date ▁to ▁ 1 1 8 3 ▁or ▁ 1 1 8 5 . ▁The ▁forg ery , ▁which ▁was ▁written ▁in ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁King ▁Bé la ▁III , ▁contains ▁several ▁fact ual ▁errors , ▁while ▁other ▁dates ▁are ▁in compatible