The College at Coronation Church, Budapest

  
HUNGARY, 1984, the college for which Coronation Church was the collegiate church is now a Hilton hotel, Scott 2867
1958, college and church are seen beneath the plane's right engine, Scott C200
1985, college and church both visible above the bridge, Scott 2904

HUNGARY, 1984, souvenir sheet and stamp, Scott 2869

The Parish of Pest-Belvaros, Budapest

 
HUNGARY, 1964, Scott 1622

On the east side of the river and next to the bridge is the oldest monument in Pest, the parish church of Pest-Belvaros, seen in the panoramic landscapes earlier in this section on Hungary and the two towers of which are faintly visible on this stamp (see detail). Built in 1046, it was destroyed during the Mongol invasion, then rebuilt first in a Romanesque and in the 15th century in Gothic style. During the Turk occupation it became a mosque, and passed to the Jesuits in 1702. The Society rebuild the Church between 1725 and 1740 in Baroque style.

 
This stamp appears on the two zeppelin souvenir sheets below.
Its twin towers are on the far side, between the two suspension bridges (see detail).

 
HUNGARY, 1977, Scott C392 (right) Both these sheets also exist imperforate

The University of Budapest

  
HUNGARY, 1935, the 3rd centenary of the founding of the University, Scott 492-497

Cardinal Peter Pazmany founded a Jesuit university in 1635, the first faculty of which was the faculty of theology. There is some confusion about the name of the school. It was founded in Nagyszombat (now Trnava, Slovakia), and so Czechoslovakia honors it as the University of Trnava. At the Suppression in 1773 it passed out of Jesuit hands and moved in 1777 to Buda to become the University of Buda. In 1784 it moved across the Danube and became the University of Pest. From 1921 until 1950 this University of Budapest was known as Peter Pazmany University. In 1950 it was renamed Eötvös Loránd University. In 1950 the original theology faculty separated from the University and, having become a full university itself in 1992, lays claims to the heritage of Cardinal Pazmany by calling itself Peter Pazmany Catholic University. Pázmány's image by Hans Temple shows him between two other Jesuits signing the document that founded the University.

 
HUNGARY, 1969, the 300th anniversary of the Law Faculty, Scott 1857

HUNGARY, 1971a set of eight flowers for the 2nd centenary of the Botanical Garden of the University of Budapest, Scott 2089-96
The lowest value portrays Jakab József Winterl (1739-1809), author of Index horti botanici Universitatis Hungaricae: quae Pestini est [Index of the Botanical Garden of the University of Hungary at Budpest] who is not known to have been a Jesuit.

 
HUNGARY, 1985, 350th anniversary of Eötvös Loránd University as it is now called, Scott 2917

HUNGARY, 2000, a se-tenant strip of the history of Hungary includes Pazmany holding the future University of Budapest, Scott 3724e

The Jesuit Church and Residence, Esztergom

HUNGARY, 1973, Scott 2199

Esztergom lies about 30 miles northwest of Budapest. This stamp shows the Primatial Basilica above and under it nearer the Danube the old Jesuit residence which became first the Palace of the Archbishop Primate, and later two museums. To its right may be seen a church that also belonged to the Society.

The Jesuit Church, Pécs

HUNGARY, 1974, Scott 2335

This unusual building stands at the top of the main square of Pécs in southwestern Hungary near the Croatian border. During the Middle Ages, the spot was occupied by a large triple-aisled Gothic church named in honor of St. Bertalan. The Turks, who occupied Pécs in 1543, destroyed the church and used its stones in 1548-1551 to build the mosque of Pasha Gazi Kassim, the largest in Hungary. The Turks were completely expelled from Hungary by 1699, and the mosque was taken over by the Jesuits who added a chapel and sacristy, tore down the Turkish entry and minaret, and turned it back into a Catholic church where they served until the Suppression in 1773. It is still a Catholic church, the Inner City Parish Church, despite its exotic shape, two prayer niches facing Mecca, and atop its cupola an ecumenical symbol: a cross rising above the Turkish crescent moon.

  
TURKEY, 2002, Our Cultural Heritage, a joint issue of Turkey and Hungary, Scott 2844
HUNGARY, 2002, also showing the domed Church at Pécs, Scott 3820

 
HUNGARY, 2009, personalizable stamps of Pécs (see sheet below)
HUNGARY, 2010, Pécs named a European Capital of Culture (see sheet below)

 
HUNGARY, 2009, personalizable stamps of Pécs (sheet reduced to half size) with the church at the bottom left
HUNGARY, 2010, a sheet of 25 stamps commemorating Pécs being named a European Capital of Culture,
Instead of a denomination the word ’belföld’ (inland) indicates "for inland use only".
The church is the center stamp in the right-most column

 

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