Benedict Kisdy

He was the founder of the Royal University (Universitas Cassoviensis) in present-day Košice and the Bishop of Eger.

[1] From 1596 to 1700, Kassa, Kingdom of Hungary (today: Košice, Slovakia) was the seat of the bishops of Eger.

The academy became a university with promulgation of a bull on 6 August 1660 by the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I.

[4] On 6 April 1979, Pope John Paul II made an address to a group of Hungarian bishops, priests and congregation members.

At the start of the speech he mentioned the work of the Hungarian College and the alumni of that college, stating, "I do not want to pass over in silence the figure of Benedict Kisdy, whose admirable hymns still ring out in your churches.