BLESSED ARE THEY WHO ARA PERSECUTED FOR THE SAKE OF RIGHTEOISNESS, FOR THEIR IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
“TO BECOME A SACRIFICE FOR THE NATION YOU STEM DROM”
B6/1 – PAULINE MONK GEORGE MARTINUZZI (1482–1551)
Picture: The execution of György Fráter, fresco (Jasna Góra Monastery, Czestochowa, the hallway of the monastery)
After one and a half decade of monastic retirement, he first became Prior of Sajólád, Bishop of Nagyvárad, and later Archbishop of Esztergom. The white friend acted as a politician, as a true statesman during the establishment of the independent Principality of Transylvania. The opportunity for the autonomy of Transylvania became lost, as he lost the trust of both the Ottoman Port and the Habsburg court while equilibrating between the two. In the Advent of 1551, Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor had the prelate, shortly before that appointed as cardinal, executed by his own mercenary soldiers. The monk wearing the white habit until his death was assassinated in the middle of the night, while raying.
B6/2 – GYÖRGY CSEPELLÉNYI (1626–1674)
Picture: György Csepellényi, engraving, Hevenesi Gábor S. J. Ungaricae Sanctitatis Indicia.Nagyszombat (Trnava), 1737. (Zoltán Szilárdy’s private collection, Museum of the Diocese of Székesfehérvár)
He was one of the victims of denominational battles. As commissioned by Pope Clement IX, as a Pauline monk of the Monastery of Sátoraljaújhely, he of the History of the Pauline Order carried out missionary work in the north-eastern part of the country. He converted the population of several villages to Catholic faith. In March 1674, he was kidnapped from the parish of Füzér by infuriated Protestants, and after sixty consecutive days of torture, they beheaded him.
B6/3 – FERENC VEZÉR (1914–1951)
Picture: Ferenc Vezér, 1940s – the tomb at Pálosszentkút in 2019
He was arrested by the Communist regime in 1951, then sentenced to death as the 9th special defendant of the Grősz trial. He was the emotional support and comforter of his fellow cellmates in the death row. His body, as those of hundreds of convicts, was buried face-down and tied up. He was ceremoniously reburied in 2012 in Pálosszentkút, at his one-time place of service.
B6/4 – PAULINES SUFFERING PERSECUTION IN THE 20TH CENTURY
• Fr. Ferenc István ÁCS (1912–1951). Interned. He was found under a train, with gunshot wounds on his body.
• Fr. László Botond ARATÓ (1927–). Interned, sentenced to 3 years in prison.
• Br. Béla Lehel BALOGH (1929–1988). Cleric. Interned. He became a naval officer, was found dead.
• Br. László Kerény BENSE (1929–?). Novice, took his vow during the internment in Vác.
• Fr. Árpád Tádé BIHAR (1906–1993). Vice prior. Interned, sentenced to 8 years in prison.
• Fr. Rezső Ákos BOLYÓS (1914–1994). Interned, sentenced to 10 years in prison. Acting police commissioner starting from 1961.
• Fr. László Pál BOLVÁRY (1924–2001). Sentenced to 3 years in prison for a border crossing attempt and, and then for 6 years in 1961. Acting police commissioner starting from 1956.
• Fr. István Jenő CSELLÁR (1911–1959). Acting police commissioner starting from 1950. Sentenced to 10 years in prison. In 1956, he went to the USA and suffered a car accident there.
• Fr. Kálmán GALAMBOS (1885–1950). Prior. In 1950, due to an illness, instead of being interned, he was taken to a hospital and died there.
• Fr. Béla Ágoston GYÉRESSY Dr. OSPPE (1908–1986). Art historian. Sentenced to 7 years in prison.
• Fr. Sándor Miklós HOMONNAY OSPPE (1915–1998). Prior. Sentenced to 6 years in prison.
• Br. Jenő Márton JUHÁSZ (1920–?). Helper brother, interned in April 1951.
• Fr. Ferenc Imre KOVÁTS OSPPE (1932–1958). He could only take vow in secret in 1956. Died of the wounds caused by the members of the State Protection Authority.
• Fr. Lajos Vendel KOZÁRI (1919–1997). Parish priest in the Diocese of Vác, then of Győr. Died as a Hungarian priest at Częstochowa.
• Br. Imre Lajos KÖNYVES (1910–1985). Helper brother. Sentenced to 7 years in prison. Died at Pannonhalma.
• Br. József Paszkál LELKES (1914–1981). Helper brother. Sentenced to 5 years and 6 months in prison.
• Fr. Tibor Péter MÁTHÉ (1926–2008). Interned. Acting police commissioner starting from 1989.
• Br. Lajos Zoltán MINDÁK (1925–2003). Novice. Interned.
• Br. Márk MITURA (1912–1984). Helper brother, sacristan. Interned.
• Br. Ferenc Julián OLÁH (1912–1989). Helper brother. Interned. Imprisoned for 5 years and 5 months. Died at Częstochowa.
• Fr. Márk Lukács RÁBA (1919–1996). Prior. Sentenced to 7 years in prison. Went to America, then worked as a Hungarian priest in Switzerland.
• Fr. László Attila RAUCH (1926–?). Sentenced to 3 years in prison in 1950 for a border crossing attempt. In 1957, he left for the West.
• Br. József Alfonz ROSTÁS (?–?). Novice. Interned.
• Fr. Sándor Béla SCHMIDT (1902–1961). Interned. Worked at the Diocese of Pest.
• Fr. Sándor László SZABÓ (1900–1978). Sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison.
• Br. Imre József TAMÁS (1925–?). Novice. Interned.
• Fr. Ferenc Szabolcs TÓTH (1901–1952). His pen name was Szabolcs Bodroghy. Worked as a curate at the Diocese of Pécs. He died in a traffic accident.
• Br. János Didák TÚRI (1920–2007). Helper brother. Sentenced to 5 years in prison. Left for America and died in Doylestown.
• Br. Sebestyén VARGA J. (1927–?). Helper brother, cook. Interned.
• Fr. György Ferenc VEZÉR (1914–August 3, 1951). Prior. Sentenced to death in the Grősz trial.
• Fr. László Tihamér VINCZE (1917–1959). Priest. Interned. Sentenced to 3 years in prison for a border crossing attempt. In 1956, he left for the West. He died in Bern under suspicious circumstances.
• Fr. Mihály ZEMBRZUSKI (1908–2003). Deputy prior starting from 1940. In 1944, and from 1945 he had to go underground. In 1948, he was expelled from Hungary.
THEY COULD ONLY TAKE THE VOW OF THE PAULINE ORDER IN SECRET
First vow:
• Fr. István György ÁCS, Auxiliary Bishop of Eger – 1960
• Fr. Vince ÁRVA – 1959
• Fr. József Levente BOTFAI – 1959
• Fr. TAMÁS – 1959
• Fr. László Zsongor dr. ACZÉL – 1960
• Fr. János József BORSOS – 1961
• Fr. János Gyula GYÖRKÖS – 1961
• Fr. János Csanád IMRE – 1961
• Fr. László István UDVARNOKY – 1961
• Fr. Imre András SZIEBERT – 1964
• Fr. Károly Benedek TEMESVÁRI – 1964
• Fr. Tibor Kálmán TÖLGYES – 1965
THE INSCRIPTIONS IF THE FLOOR
• PEACE I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. (Jn. 14:27)
• Send the postcard to someone you have not spoken to for a long time!
• Pray for a conceived life!