Editing Christianization (section)

=== Hungary ===
{{See also|Vata pagan uprising}}
[[File:SztIstvan 5.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|right|Image of the King Saint [[Stephen I of Hungary]], from the medieval codex Chronicon Pictum from the 14th century|alt=Image of the King Saint [[Stephen I of Hungary]], from the medieval codex Chronicon Pictum from the 14th century]]
Around 952, the tribal chief [[Gyula II]] of [[Transylvania]], visited [[Constantinople]] and was baptized, bringing home with him Hierotheus who was designated [[Metropolitanate of Tourkia|bishop of Turkia]] (Hungary).{{sfn|Berend|Urbańczyk|Wiszewski|2013|p=130}}{{sfn|Stephenson|2000|p=40}} The conversion of Gyula at Constantinople and the missionary work of Bishop Hierotheus are depicted as leading directly to the court of [[Stephen I of Hungary|St. Stephen]], the first Hungarian king, a Christian in a still mostly pagan country.{{sfn|Moravcsik|1947|p=141}}{{sfn|Jestice|1997|p=57}}

Stephen suppressed rebellion, organized both the Hungarian State (with strong royal authority), and the church, by inviting missionaries, and suppressing paganism by making laws such as requiring people to attend church every Sunday.{{sfn|Sedlar|1995|pp=1119–1120}} Soon the Hungarian Kingdom had two archbishops and 8 bishops, and a defined state structure with province governors that answered to the King.{{sfn|Sedlar|1995|pp=1119–1120}} Saint Stephen was the first Hungarian monarch elevated to sainthood for his Christian characteristics and not because he suffered a martyr's death.{{sfn|Sisa|1995|pp=169–170}} Hungarian Christianity and the kingdom's ecclesiastical and temporal administrations consolidated towards the end of the 11th century.{{sfn|Veszprémy|2001|pp=86–87}}