 The chronicler narrates, Béla III wished the burghers of Split to elect a Hungarian national as archbishop of Split in order to fill the dignity, which remained vacant since the death of Christian martyr Saint Raynerius, who was stoned to death in a dispute on 4 August 1180.However, the citizens refused to elect the king's protegee Peter and petitioned to the Holy See.In 1181, Pope Alexander III urged Béla III to respect the burghers of Split's privilege to free elect of their archbishop.