St. John the Baptist Franciscan Church and Monastery
St. John the Baptist Franciscan Church and Monastery
Original function:
church and monastery
Current function:
church and monastery
Address:
Strada Sfântul Ioan 7
Historical Hungarian county:
Brassó
GPS coordinates:
45.6441837998, 25.5918415225
History
The monastery, founded by the Clarisses, was first mentioned in 1486. Around 1543, the monastery of the Poor Clares was shut down in the town, which became Protestant. The church and the monastery then fell into the hands of the Lutgerans, who used it as a granary for more than a hundred years. In 1644 it was restored and became a Lutheran church. The first Franciscan returned to the town in 1688, Brother Eliseus de Sancto Georgio, who came from Austria. In 1716 the church was given to the Jesuits with the support of the Austrian military administration. It burnt down in 1718. In 1724 it was restored to the Franciscans through the intervention of Generals Könögsegg and Tige. It was restored in 1725, thanks to a donation from General Tige. Its furnishings were made by Franciscan craftsmen. The wooden vault of the nave was made by Horváth György in 1834.
Its altarpiece shows the baptism of Jesus Christ. The organ was made in 1751. It was here that Fr. Csiszér Elek (+1942), who worked on the reform of the Order, and Fr. Boros Fortuna (+1953), who was taken from this monastery on 20 August 1951 to the Jilava prison, where he was martyred for his faith, served. The beatification of both of them is in progress.
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