St. Elisabeth of Hungary Former Franciscan Church
Biserica Romano-Catolică - Manastirea Franciscana
St. Elisabeth of Hungary Former Franciscan Church
Biserica Romano-Catolică - Manastirea Franciscana
Address:
Strada Mihai Viteazul 44-46
Historical Hungarian county:
Nagy-Küküllő
GPS coordinates:
46.1685413406, 24.3527125037
History
Tradition has it that the Franciscans settled in the town in 1444. They built their church and monastery dedicated to St. Elizabeth in the immediate vicinity of the castle walls. The church tower was mentioned in 1485. The present church was probably built in the Gothic style in the early 16th century. In 1534, the Venetian adventurer Lodovico Gritti, the notorious governor of Hungary, was buried in the church, despite the protests of the citizens of Medgyes. In 1557 the Protestants shut down the monastery and the monks were expelled. It then stood empty and was used as a stable. In 1613, the assassins of Prince Báthory Gábor of Transylvania, Nadányi Gergely and Szilvásy János, were thrown from the church tower. In 1721, the town council, under pressure from the imperial commander Hugo Damain de Virdmont, returned the church and monastery to the Franciscans. The neglected building was restored in Baroque style with the support of the Transylvanian Hungarian Catholic aristocracy and imperial officers. Work continued into the early 1740s, when Haller János, the governor of Transylvania, and his wife Dániel Zsófia generously supported the renovation of the nave and the southern side chapel (their coat of arms is on the parapet of the gallery). The church's Baroque altars were also built in the 18th century, and its organ was made in 1750 by Johann Hahn in the organ workshop in Szeben, with the support of Baló József and Monos Tamás. In 1865, the brick portico was built by the mason Sperha Mátyás. In 1911-13 the church was rebuilt and the stained glass windows made in the workshop of Richard Schlein in Grottau were installed. In 1929, Herczeg Ferenc, a painter from Marosvásárhely, created the decorative painting and figural details still visible today.
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