Metropolitanate of Tourkia
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The Metropolitanate of Tourkia was an Eastern Orthodox diocese and metropolis in Medieval Hungary from the mid 10th century to the end of the 12th century. Its name was derived from the term Tourkia,
Ruins of 10th-century Christian church in Alba Iulia, Romania. There are theories that it served as seat of the Metropolitanate of Tourkia, which was established under the reign of Gyula II
Christ Pantocrator mosaic from Hagia Sophia 2744 x 2900 pixels 3.1 MB
Gyula II
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Zombor, also referred to as Gyula II or Gylas, was a Hungarian tribal leader in the middle of the 10th century. He visited Constantinople, where he was baptized in 952 with the baptismal name of Steph
Metropolitanate of Tourkia
…conversion was not sincere and he launched new plundering raids against the Byzantine Empire in the early 950s. The second-ranked Hungarian chieftain, Gylas, received baptism in Constantinople around 952. The Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus rewarded him with the honorary title of patrikios…
Father of Gyula II depicted in the Chronica Hungarorum as the Third Captain among the seven chieftains of the Hungarians