In the 11th-century Hungary, there was a local man named Fancica, originating from Szamosújvár (present-day Gherla, Romania), who guided the Hungarian royal army against the invading Oghuzes in 1068, which led to the victorious Battle of Kerlés.
[4] According to Croatian historian Ivan Tkalčić, he already held dignity since 1114 or 1115 (his last known predecessor, Manasses was mentioned as bishop of "Zagorje" [i.e. plausibly Zagreb] by the two royal charters of King Coloman regarding the Zobor Abbey, issued in 1111 and 1113).
[2] During the episcopate of Fancica, a certain nobleman Sungenga (Szundenya) questioned the rightful ownership of the Diocese of Zagreb over the forest of Dubrava, as a result the bishop petitioned to the royal court of Stephen II.
Therefore, Archbishop Felician, who summoned a provincial synod to the Cathedral Basilica of Várad (today Oradea, Romania) in 1134, again judged over the lawsuit in favor of the Diocese of Zagreb.
Taking into account that the document was based on a charter issued in the reign of King Béla II, it is plausible that Simon was elevated to the rank of archbishop in the second half of the 1130s.