Stephen II Báncsa

Stephen (II) Báncsa
Archbishop of Kalocsa
See	Kalocsa
Appointed	1266
Term ended	1278
Predecessor	Smaragd
Successor	John Hont-Pázmány
Other posts	Provost of Pressburg
Personal details
Born	c. 1240
Died	1278
Nationality	Hungarian
Parents	Vincent Báncsa N Kórógyi

Stephen (II) from the kindred Báncsa (Hungarian: Báncsa nembeli (II.) István; died 1278) was a Hungarian prelate in the 13th century, who served as Archbishop of Kalocsa from 1266 until his death. He was a staunch supporter of Stephen V of Hungary.

He was born around 1240 into the gens (clan) Báncsa, an original settler family from Bács County (today Bač, Serbia). He was one of the two sons of Vincent, who served as ispán of Esztergom County around 1244, and an unidentified daughter of nobleman Keled Kórógyi. His namesake uncle was Stephen Báncsa, Archbishop of Esztergom, who became the first Hungarian cardinal. Stephen II also had a brother Kilit, who is mentioned only once in 1278 and married an unidentified daughter of Michael Rosd.

Under the guidance of his uncle, who was created cardinal by Pope Innocent IV in December 1251, Stephen had the opportunity to begin his ecclesiastical career in Rome. The cardinal hired a Hungarian tutor, a certain cleric Matthias the Pecheneg (Latin: Mathias Bissenus) to educate his nephews, including Stephen and Orbász. Between around 1254 and 1261, during the pontificate of Pope Alexander IV, Báncsa was made canon of Fenton by cardinal Ottaviano degli Ubaldini, his uncle's ally within the Roman Curia. Meanwhile, Stephen had been a student in the University of Bologna, where studied canon law. By 1263, he became Provost of Pressburg (today Bratislava, Slovakia) and papal chaplain.

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