HUNGARY, 1935, the tercentenary of the founding of the University of Budapest by Cardinal Pázmány, Scott 492, 494-95
his image based on an engraving by J. G. Rugendas

Peter Pázmány was born in Nagyvarad, Hungary. He converted from Protestantism to Catholicism in 1583 and joined the Jesuits four years later. He studied in Vienna and Rome, and then taught philosophy and theology at Graz and in his homeland. An outstanding and learned orator, he focused on the points of difference between Catholics and Reformers. He became Archbishop of Esztergom in 1616, and Cardinal in 1629, and founded schools in Nagyszombat (Trnava), Vienna, and Bratislava. He was of great influence in religion, politics, and the development of the literary language of Hungary. More - More

  
HUNGARY, 1935, the tercentenary of the founding of the University of Budapest by Cardinal Pázmány, Scott 493, 496-97
based on an 1885 painting by Austria artist Hans Temple (1857-1931)
of Pázmány and two other Jesuits signing the document that founded the University

 
HUNGARY, 1985, the 350th anniversary of the University of Budapest, now called Eötvös Loránd University, Scott 2917
the label se-tenant with this stamp bears the front and reverse of a university commemorative medal

HUNGARY, 2000, a se-tenant strip of the history of Hungary, Scott 3724
the last stamp Cardinal Peter Pázmány and the future University of Budapest, 3724e

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