Bakacs,

Bakacs, THOMAS, Hungarian statesman, was the son of a peasant, born about the middle of the 15th century. He held several bishoprics in succession, became chancellor of the kingdom, and finally archbishop and cardinal. He preached a crusade against the Turks; but his army of peasants and vagabonds turned their arms against the nobility, and a bloody civil war ensued. He died in 1521, leaving enormous wealth.