Saint Ladislaus legend

An episode from the Legend of Saint Ladislaus provided the subjects for numerous murals painted in medieval churches in Hungary during the 14th to 16th century.

Before becoming the ruler, together with his brother Géza, and king Solomon of Hungary, he fought in Transylvania against armies of Pechenegs and Cumans invading from the steppes.

In the story illustrated by the murals, at the Kerlés battlefield Ladislaus observed that à Petscheneg warrior tried to abduct a Hungarian girl.

The legends of King Saint Ladislaus have been written about by chroniclers and depicted in various ways in the visual arts.

Before Gyula László, Géza Nagy suggested that an ancient Eurasian myth is behind the Christianized mural painting.