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The Patrons of Lelesz. Based on a number of hitherto unused sources, the present paper outlines the history of patronage over the Premonstratensian priory of Lelesz from its foundation until the end of the Middle Ages. It seeks to answer the question of what foundations the authority of the archbishop of Esztergom was based on, and when was it effectively extended over this church in the diocese of Eger, which was founded by another prelate, and had been mostly subjected to private patronage until the middle of the 14th century. The annex contains the publication of the judicial decision which, in 1355, annulled the claim to the patronage over Lelesz of the Eszenyi and Sztritei branches of the Baksa kin, who had thus far regarded the monastery as a kind of „family church”.