Ignác Batthyány
Ignác Batthyány, Kingdom of Hungary; died 17 November 1798, Gyulafehérvár was a Roman Catholic Bishop of Transylvania.
He was librarian at the Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum in Rome. After being appointed as bishop of Transylvania in 1781, he described himself as "the zealous protector and promoter of the sciences in Transylvania.”
Ignác Batthyány was the founder of the Batthyaneum Library in Gyulafehérvár.
Between 1792-1798 he commissioned the restoration of Martinuzzi Castle.
