Sant Martí d'Empúries
City · c. 1000 CE · in Europe
Capital of County of Ampuria (1000–1078).
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- Stephen I of Hungary (c. 975 CE – 1038 CE): First king of Hungary, crowned in 1000 or 1001, who converted his people to Christianity; venerated as Saint Stephen.
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