BLESSED ARE, THEY WHO MOURN, FOR THEY WILL BE COMFROTED.
B2/1 – SHORT HISTORY OF THE ORDER
around 1250
“their father, Blessed Eusebius” (Attila Szepesi)
Blessed Eusebius of Esztergom gathers around him the hermits of Pilis.
1308
“First and foremost love your God, and then your brethren.” (Saint Augustine)
The bulla handed over by the Gentile papal legate in Buda authorized the adoption of the Rule of Saint Augustine for the hermits of Holy Cross in Pilis.
The second half of the 14th century
“Just like the fur of the wild animals in the forest is usually more beautiful than of those around the house, so are the people living far from the bustling world much purer.” (Louis I of Hungary, 1342–1382)
The king was a supporter of the order and his confessors were also Pauline monks.
The second half of the 15th century
“Oh, holy men, in whom there is no falsity, only holiness.” (King Matthias, 1458–1490)
King Matthias often visited the Pauline Monastery of Budaszentlőrinc to have a conversation with Prior General Gergely.
1526, after the Battle of Mohács
“… not even until the end of the world will they be able to reconstruct the ancient beauty of the Monastery [of Budaszentlőrinc]” (Gergely Gyöngyösi)
After the occupation of Buda (1541), life ceased to exist in the Pauline monasteries by the 1560s. The monks fled to monasteries located in Upper Hungary.
18th century
“[Benedek Virág, Pauline poet, historiographer] fierce rouser of national
spirituality” (Ferenc Kazinczy)
The Pauline library of Pest was one of the centres of emerging intellectual life.
1786
“We wish good luck for the Polish province… if only God would keep it as a seed for the next centuries…” (the Latin letter of the secretary of the last Hungarian prior to the Polish provincial superior)
Joseph II abolishes the Pauline Order as well. At that time, the order had 312 members in Hungary.
1934
“Cardinal Jusztinián Serédi consecrated the Cave Church and Monastery [in Budapest] in the presence of around fifty thousand believers.” (Press news)
After 145 years, the Paulines – Hungarian and Polish monks – could return to Hungary.
1950
“Magnificat anima mea Dominum (My soul doth magnify the Lord…)”
The Communists persecuted dozens of Paulines. During their internment, they prayed the Magnificat.
1989
“We are thankful for the sufferings, persecutions and anonymous victims…” (the Paulines’ daily prayer, excerpt)
The order is being re-established in Pécs, Budapest, Márianosztra and Pálosszentkút. Since 2014, there has been a Pauline monastery in Hargitafürdő (Hargita Băi, Transylvania, Romania).
B2/2 – THE LIST OF PAULINE MONASTERIES
This list includes many monasteries located across the Drava and Sava as well, and also unfinished foundations, regardless for how long the white friends lived in that particular monastery. The houses of other provinces (e.g. Swabian-Rhenish, Austrian and Polish) are not mentioned this time.
Other expressions found in the list of place names:
– ismeretlen helyen • unknown location
– ismeretlen helyen a Temesközben • unknown location in Temesköz
– Háros-sziget • Háros Island
– Budapest, III. ker. • 3rd district of Budapest
– Boldogasszony-kolostor • Blessed Virgin Monastery
– Szent Katalin-kolostor • Saint Catherine Monastery
– Gvozd Modrus mellett • Gvozd near Modrus
– Monostorapáti környékén, ismeretlen helyen • in the vicinity of Monostorapáti, unknown location
– Cécke körül, ismeretlen helyen • in the vicinity of Cécke, unknown location
– Técső felett, a Tisza bal partján, Máramaros • above Técső, on the left side of Tisza, Maramureș
– Regéc körül, ismeretlen helyen • in the vicinity of Régec, unknown location
– Gálosfa határában, ismeretlen helyen • on the outskirts of Gálosfa, unknown location
– Tarpa környékén, ismeretlen helyen • in the vicinity of Tarpa, unknown location
– Kóspallag közelében • near Kóspallag
– Kisoroszi határában • on the outskirts of Kisoroszi
– Senj, két kolostor a város két végén • Senj, monasteries at both ends of the city