Charles Lanyi

* Bakabánya, December 18, 1812 – † Egbell, May 23, 1856 / writer on church history, Roman Catholic priest, corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; He completed his secondary school studies in Körmöcbánya, Esztergom, and then in Nagyszombat. In 1832–1835, he pursued his theological studies at the central seminary in Pest. While still a student, he traveled throughout Hungary and later visited several places abroad. In 1837, he became an assistant pastor in Máriavölgy, and from 1840, a preacher in Bratislava. In 1842, he obtained the title of Doctor of Humanities and was appointed history teacher at the Nagyszombat Lyceum. In 1846, he was entrusted with the teaching of natural sciences and agriculture. In 1848–1849 he was an assistant pastor in Sopornyán, and in 1851–1853 a librarian in Esztergom. From 1853 until his death he was a parish priest in Egbell. He was primarily concerned with the history of the Hungarian Catholic Church. He discovered the 218-letter codex10, which was created in 1519 and named after him, and which was the Hungarian-language ordinary for the Premontre nuns of Somlóvásárhely. He donated it to the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, which elected him a corresponding member in 1847. ; ; His main works: ; Magyaroks háznépe, 1843, ; Magyarföld egyháztörténetei. I-III., 1844, ; A magyar nemzet történetei. I-II., 1846, ; Krátký dějepis církwe kresztánsko-katolické, 1850, ; History of Ancient Humanity for the Use of the Upper Gymnasiums, 1852; (Hungarian translation of the History of Ancient Humanity for the Use of Upper Gymnasiums, which remained in manuscript), ; Károly Lányi's Hungarian Church History. Edited by Nándor Knauz. I-II, 1866-1869.