Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Parish Church
Biserica Catolica
Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Parish Church
Biserica Catolica
Roamata, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Address:
Str. Mihai Viteazul 63
Historical Hungarian county:
Maros-Torda
GPS coordinates:
46.7755202153, 24.6976483328
History
After 1551, Catholicism ceased to exist in Régen and its surroundings. At that time, the Franciscan friars, the Augustinian friars of Régen and the Catholic priests from the whole area were expelled by decree of the Hungarian country assembly of 10 March 1566. The Gothic church was taken over by the Lutheran.
The construction of the new Catholic church began in 1736, but due to lack of funds only the sanctuary could be completed. From 1771, with the support of Baron Bornemissza Ignác, the ispán of Torda County, the sacristy was added, with an oratory above it. The church was consecrated in 1784 by Batthyány Ignác, Bishop of Transylvania, in honour of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The high altar of the church is neo-Baroque, the altarpiece is a copy of the Immaculate Conception, painted by Bartalone Esteban Murillo. To the right is a statue of Saint Paul, to the left Saint Peter, and above him a depiction of the Holy Trinity. The two side altars are dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and St John of Nepomuk. From 1775 there was a Catholic school and lyceum, which was nationalised in 1948.
In the churchyard are statues of King St Stephen I of Hungary, his wife Queen Gisela, Prince Rákóczi Ferenc II and the poet Petőfi Sándor. There is also an empty pedestal where the statue of the writer Wass Albert used to stand.
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