Barna Gábor: The central celebration for the canonisation of Margaret of Hungary in January 1944. In: Religion, culture, society, (3). pp. 53-75. (2016)
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Abstract
After numerous unsuccessful attempts over 700 years, on 23 July 1943 Pope Pius XII signed the canonisation bulla of Margaret of Anjou of the mediaeval Hungarian royal dynasty (1242-1271), a nun of the Dominican Order. The liturgical feast of Margaret, who was beatified in the 17th century falls on January 18. This was the reason why the Hungarian Catholic Church chose January 1944 for the official and national celebration of her canonisation. It ordered that a three-day celebration (triduum) be held in all Catholic churches of the country at that time, and also specified the liturgy. The central celebration was held within the frame of an eight-day commemoration (octava) in the Queen of the Rosary church of the Dominican Order in Budapest. The celebration provided a good example of the cohesion of the Catholic Church, the cooperation between the Catholic Church and the political sphere, and the broad social support for the cause. The article analyses this central celebration and some of the sermons preached on the occasion. No similar celebrations were held in later years or decades. The Eastern front of the Second World War reached Hungary in the summer and autumn of 1944, and after the war the atheist-communist-socialist regime that came to power prevented similar aspirations. As a result, the veneration of Saint Margaret that reached a peak in early 1944, subsequently gradually faded away.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Religion, culture, society |
| Date: | 2016 |
| Volume: | 3 |
| ISSN: | 1416-7972 |
| Page Range: | pp. 53-75 |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | MTA-SZTE Research Group for the Study of Religious |
| Place of Publication: | Szeged |
| Related URLs: | https://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/85220/ |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Szent Margit - Árpád-házi, Szentek tisztelete - Magyarország, Szenttéavatás - Magyarország - 1944 |
| Additional Information: | Bibliogr.: p. 73-75. és a lábjegyzetekben ; ill. ; összefoglalás angol nyelven |
| Subjects: | 06. Humanities 06. Humanities > 06.01. History and archaeology 06. Humanities > 06.03. Philosophy, ethics and religion |
| Date Deposited: | 2024. Jul. 31. 15:48 |
| Last Modified: | 2024. Jul. 31. 15:48 |
| URI: | http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/id/eprint/85267 |
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