St. John the Apostle and Evangelist Parish Church, Hildegárda Church and Franciscan Monastery
Biserica Sfântul Ioan
St. John the Apostle and Evangelist Parish Church, Hildegárda Church and Franciscan Monastery
Biserica Sfântul Ioan
Original function:
church and monastery
Address:
Strada Wolfenbüttel 40
Historical Hungarian county:
Szatmár
GPS coordinates:
47.800639, 22.879923
History
The idea to build the church came from Bishop Ham János of Szatmár, who decided to settle Franciscans in Németi in 1856. He bought land and started building the monastery and church. The monastery was completed and the foundation stone of the church was laid, but the construction was halted by the death of the bishop on 30 December 1857. Bishop Haas Mihály established a poorhouse in the monastery building, under the patronage of Archduke Albrecht's wife Hildegardis, thus making Saint Hildegardis the heavenly patron of the monastery. The church was built in the neo-Romanesque style during the period of Bishop Meszlényi Gyula of Szatmár (1888-1905). Bishop and literary translator Boromisza Tibor consecrated the church on 1 November 1906 and dedicated it to Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist according to the will of Bishop Hám János, but the faithful still referred to it as Hildegárda. On the main altar of the church is a picture of St John the Apostle, in front of whom are Pope St Julius I and Bishop St Ambrose.
The convent building was completed on 26 August 1913. Since 1967, the parish has been run by priests of the diocese. In the monastery, after the end of socialism, a valuable walled-up church library was discovered.
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