The scholarly legacy of Vilmos Fraknói in Rome is today embodied by the Collectanea Vaticana Hungariae—the series that revived the Monumenta Vaticana Hungariae in 2002/2004. These volumes, which present the results of ongoing fundamental research, are published under the imprint “Budapest–Rome.” From the printing press in Pest, they are sent directly to Rome, where the CVH has had a home for over two decades in several prominent academic collections, including the Accademia dei Lincei (Palazzo Corsini), the Pontifical Gregorian University, the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, the libraries of the German and Austrian historical institutes in Rome, as well as the Pontifical Hungarian Institute and the Saint Stephen House.
At both the Vatican Apostolic Library and the Vatican Apostolic Archives, CVH volumes are placed on open-access shelves—alongside the original Monumenta Vaticana edited by Fraknói himself (see photos below for the latter). The most significant works are often introduced to the international scholarly community through dedicated symposia. Most recently, in 2022, one such presentation took place at the Deutsches Historisches Institut in Rom.
The regular and default venue for the Roman presentation of each new volume is the studio of Vatican Radio. Thanks to the attentive and generous collaboration of the Hungarian editorial department—particularly Father László Vértesaljai—news of the Fraknói Research Group’s ongoing Vatican-based scholarship is broadcast urbi et orbi, directly from within the Vatican.
In keeping with this tradition, Péter Tusor and Gábor Nemes gave an interview to Vatican Radio during the 2025 Institute Week. In conversation with Father Vértesaljai, they discussed the Vatican research of Vilmos Fraknói and his contemporaries, prompted by the publication of the Fraknói Memorial Volume (CVH I/24, available for download here), and reflected on the life and legacy of the renowned Bishop of Arbe.
Péter Tusor’s commentary on Fraknói, his centenary, and the commemorative volume can be heard from 12:10 [here], while Gábor Nemes's remarks, focusing on the Vatican research of József Lukcsics, begin at 12:00 [here].
Earlier that month, on June 7, Miklós Jávor—external research fellow of the Fraknói Research Group—appeared on Hungary’s national television channel M1, where he presented the history of the Csíksomlyó pilgrimage (beginning at 17:50 [here]).
