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Former Church of the Brothers of Mercy

Biserica Mizericordienilor din Oradea
Former Church of the Brothers of Mercy
Biserica Mizericordienilor din Oradea
Fosta capelă a Mizericordienilor (lateral) - Oradea
ArnoldPlaton, CC BY-SA 3.0 RO, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
church and monastery
Current function:
church
Church:
Roman Catholic
Settlement:
Nagyvárad, Oradea
Address:
Calea Republicii 33
Historical Hungarian county:
Bihar
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
47.0601270574, 21.9379441318
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History

Gyöngyösi György, canon of Várad (1735-1760) was a bedridden patient from 1750. He wanted to establish a poorhouse for the sick. Bishop Forgách Pál of Várad offered to settle the Brothers of Mercy in the town and in 1753 he also donated a plot of land on which the canon then began building a church. In 1760, the first members of the Brothers of Mercy arrived. The pulpit bears the emblem of the four evangelists. The angel-winged youth represents St Matthew, the ox-head St Luke, the lion-head St Mark and the outstretched eagle St John.

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