Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Mátraverebély)

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Basilica of the Assumption
Ceiling fresco: King Ladislaus the Holy with his entourage at the miraculous spring

The Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary is a Roman Catholic pilgrimage church in Mátraverebély in northern Hungary . The church in the diocese of Vác with the patronage of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is consecrated. It bears the title of a minor basilica and is a listed building.

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The baroque single-nave church has a semicircular end. The entrance area of ​​the basilica is formed by a double tower facade on the south side. The church was built in 1763 by János Almássy, whose family chapel is on the west side of the church. The arms of the Vereb and Almássy families are placed above the entrance. On the east side are the sacristy and the oratory as well as the Franciscan monastery, which looks after the church. The furnishings are typical of the mid-18th century; The pictures on the side walls were replaced by paintings by Endre Hollós in 1934. Pope Paul VI made the church a minor basilica in 1970 .

Legend

According to legend, St. Ladislaus I fought against the Cumans in 1091 and had to flee. When his horse jumped, a spring appeared in the ground. At this source there were miraculous healings like that of a previously silent shepherd and the place of pilgrimage was formed. In 1701 there was an apparition of Mary in front of thousands of believers.

History of the pilgrimage site

Outer altar with mosaic

Due to the increasing number of pilgrims to Szentkút, a church was built in Verebély in 1210, from where a procession to the source of the pilgrimage site began. In 1258 the church received permission from the Apostolic See to become a place of pilgrimage. In 1400 the place of pilgrimage was founded by Pope Boniface IX. received the first bull and was one of the most popular pilgrimage sites in Hungary in the 15th century. In the 16th century, after the Turkish occupation, the Verebély settlement was destroyed, but between 1650 and 1660 the Franciscans from Gyöngyös received a Turkish permit for a pilgrimage. The miraculous healings were done at the beginning of the 18th century by Pope Clement XI. examined.

Almost 200,000 pilgrims visited the pilgrimage site in 2010. In 2015, the national shrine Mátraverebély-Szentkúti around the church was renewed for a uniform architectural appearance, for example with the holy well and the open-air altar, the mosaic composition of which was created by the Slovenian artist Marko Ivan Rupnik . The altar was inaugurated by Cardinal Péter Erdő , Archbishop of Budapest, when the complex was handed over on September 5, 2015.

Web links

Commons : Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nagyboldogasszony Bazylika on gcatholic.org
  2. ↑ a b Római katolikus templom . In: müemlekem.hu (Hungarian)
  3. ↑ Mátraverebély-Szentkút - Búcsújáró hely (Hungarian)
  4. ↑ Information on pilgrimage (Hungarian)

Coordinates: 48 ° 0 ′ 0.3 "  N , 19 ° 45 ′ 33.2"  E