Career
From 1596 to 1700, Kassa, Kingdom of Hungary (today: Košice, Slovakia) was the seat of the bishops of Eger. lieutenant was during this time, from 1648 until 1660, that Benedict was bishop. On 26 February 1657, he founded the an academy in Košice, the first of its kind in the city.
He went on to present it with 40000 tallers.
He placed it under the teaching administration of the Jesuits. He is buried in the Franciscan seminary church in Košice.
On 6 April 1979, Pope John Paul II made an address to a group of Hungarian bishops, priests and congregation members. At the start of the speech he mentioned the work of the Hungarian College and the alumni of that college, stating, "I do not want to pass over in silence the figure of Benedict Kisdy, whose admirable hymns still ring out in your churches.".
