Benedictine Abbey on Mount Zobor
Zoborský Kláštor
Benedictine Abbey on Mount Zobor
Zoborský Kláštor
Original function:
monastery / nunnery / canon's house / provost residence
Address:
Kláštorská 1878/148, 949 01 Nitra-Liečebný ústav
Historical Hungarian county:
Nyitra
GPS coordinates:
48.345078, 18.091638
History
Mount Zobor is 587 meters high and is the southernmost point of the Tribecs Mountain. Only the ruins of the abbey can be seen, and the area is occupied by a sanatorium.
The Benedictine monastery dedicated to St. Hippolit was established during the reign of St. Stephen of Hungary (1000-1038). St. Hippolit was a Bavarian saint venerated in the circles of the Bavarian Queen Gisela, the wife of King Stephen. The most famous hermits of the monastery were Saint Zoerard-András (Andrew Zorard) and his disciple Saint Benedict of Szkalka. Saint Zoerard-András lived in the cave of Mount Szkalka, which rises steeply above the banks of the Vág River. He died of asceticism in 1009. His friend, Benedict moved to the cave after his death. Benedict was attacked by bandits in 1012. As they didn't find anything valuable in his cave, they killed him, dragged his body down to the banks of the Vág River and threw it into the fast-running water. According to the legend an eagle floating steadfastly above the water helped to find his body, which was in perfect condition. He was transported to Nyitra and was buried beside Saint Zoerard-András.
They were ordained saints on July 17, 1083 during the reign of St. László of Hungary together with King Stephen, Prince Imre and Bishop Gellért. Their feast is on July 17. Jakab, the bishop of Nyitra, established a Benedictine Abbey in 1224 at the cave of Szkalka.
The Abbey on Mount Zobor was either taken from the Benedictines by the Archbishop of Esztergom in 1464 or occupied by Archbishop Vitéz János in 1471, after he betrayed King Matthias of Hungary. In 1695 Camaldolese monks from Italy settled down and they built a new church and a monastery that was abandoned in 1782.
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