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Hungarian Blesseds

Beati nomine in posterum appelletur.
Monstantól fogva Boldognak nevezzék.

As a child, József Mindszenty often served as an altar boy during the Holy Mass. Whenever he was in the local church, he always looked for the Hungarian saints in the altarpiece, painted by István Dorfmeister and depicting all the saints. He observed the attributes of each of them, i.e. the typical objects that they held in their hands. It was in this church that he first heard about the crusaders, who had had an abbreviated form of the following battle-cry engraved on their shields: Ave Mater Dei! Hail, Mother of God! This was also the first motto that the young József wrote on his toy shield. 

In 1942, the Cardinal had the opportunity to choose a new surname. The eloquent name ‘Mindszenty’ was a reference to both his village of birth and his deep respect for the saints. As a parish priest, he regarded Saint John Vianney and Saint Ignatius of Loyola as his role models, while as a bishop, he sought to follow the example of Saint Ambrose and Saint Gerard Sagredo. He felt deep gratitude towards Blessed Innocence XI, known as the ‘Saviour of Hungary’ for his role in the expulsion of the Turks, as well as the pope of social justice Leo XIII and Venerable Pope Pius XII, who created him cardinal.

 

Martyrs

BLESSED SÁRA SALKAHÁZI
szűz és vértanú, szociális testvér

BLESSED VILMOS APOR
püspök és vértanú

BLESSED THEODORE ROMZHA
püspök és vértanú

BLESSED ZOLTÁN MESZLÉNYI
püspök és vértanú

BLESSED JÁNOS SCHEFFLER
püspök és vértanú

BLESSED ISTVÁN SÁNDOR
vértanú, szalézi testvér

BOLDOG SZILÁRD BOGDÁNFFY
püspök és vértanú

BOLDOG BRENNER JÁNOS
vértanú pap

 

Confessors of the Faith

BLESSED GISELA OF HUNGARY
királyné

BLESSED (SAINT) MAURUS OF PÉCS
püspök

BLESSED EUSEBIUS OF ESZTERGOM
áldozópap

BLESSED CHARLES IV
king

BLESSED LÁSZLÓ BATTHYÁNY-STRATTMANN
father