The Zselicszentjakab Abbey was a Benedictine monastery established at Zselicszentjakab (now Kaposszentjakab) in Somogy County in the Kingdom of Hungary in 1061.[1] Its founder was the Palatine Otto of the Győr clan.[2] The monastery was dedicated to the Apostle Saint James the Great.[3] The deed of the foundation of the monastery – drafted by George, Bishop of Veszprém – is the first extant charter issued by a nobleman in the Kingdom of Hungary.[4]
- ^ Berend, Laszlovszky & Szakács 2007, p. 354.
- ^ Engel 2001, pp. 44, 81.
- ^ Csóka 1994, p. 749.
- ^ Engel 2001, p. 39.