Between May 16 and 18, 2025, the Pongrácz Saint Stephen History Competition was held for the second time in Gyulafehérvár and Alvinc. Viktor Kanász, research fellow of the Fraknói Research Group, participated as a jury member alongside Teréz Oborni, Rev. Boton…
In recent weeks, the papal conclave has drawn heightened public attention. Alongside this interest, a multitude of self-proclaimed “experts” have emerged, spreading numerous inaccuracies and half-truths across various platforms. As the Fraknói Research Group c…
The Hungarian Medieval Studies Research Group, together with the National Archives of Hungary and the Archives of Pest County, organized the Medieval Book Fair on May 9 this year. As per tradition, the Fraknói Research Group participated in the event, where vi…
On April 18, Good Friday, Regényes történelem ("Romantic History") on Kossuth Radio featured a special example of late medieval Italian pilgrimages, presented by Viktor Kanász (the interview can be listened to here). The research fellow of the Fraknói Research…
Following the presentation in Kalocsa, on April 8, 2025, the Párbeszéd Háza (House of Dialogue) hosted the launch of the volume A kalocsai érsekség évszázadai (Centuries of the Archdiocese of Kalocsa), which contains the written versions of the lectures delive…
Tamás Fedeles, scientific advisor and co-leader of the Research Group, gave a lecture in Győr as part of the Church History Evenings – a public lecture series organized by the Diocesan Collection Center of Győr, the János Brenner College of Theology, and the C…
On March 21, 2025, a dual book presentation was held in Kalocsa at the Astriceum Archiepiscopal Museum. The event was organized by the Archdiocesan Archives of Kalocsa in collaboration with the Fraknói Research Group. The attendees were welcomed by Balázs B…
The Fraknói Centennial series of events, which commenced on February 27, 2024, and lasted for a year, concluded on February 26, 2025, on the eve of the birthday of Vilmos Fraknói (1843–1924), former Secretary General of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, at th…
Hungary’s Dioceses and Bishops (1804–1918). Institutional History and Biographical Lexicon I–IV, eds. Zsófia Szirtes, Péter Tusor, Rupert Klieber, Budapest 2025 (xxvi+832 pp. + [90] pp. annotated black-and-white and color image supplement). The first pha…
The November–December period was a particularly important phase in the Fraknói Research Group’s activities in 2024, which also impacted the website’s traffic. Between November 1 and December 31, 2024, more than 1,400 visitors accessed the website. The peak occ…
The completion of the "Bischofslexikon 1804–1918" project, spanning multiple grant cycles and culminating in the fulfillment of one of the key commitments of the 2012 Lendület Program, was achieved in the spring of 2020 by the Fraknói Research Group. The resul…
Over the past years, the Fraknói Research Group has maintained its nearly two-decade-long active collaboration with the Istituto Nazionale di Studi Romani and the Papal and Central European Research Center of the University of Viterbo. The depth of this cooper…
After the memorial conference in Nagyvárad and in Rome, as well as the wreath-laying at the Lateran, the commemorative ceremony for the Fraknó Centenary was held in Budapest on November 19, 2024, on the vigil of the 100th anniversary of Vilmos Fraknói's death.…
The "Bischofslexikon 1804–1918," an extensive megaproject initiated by the Fraknói Research Group under the MTA Lendület Program, saw its first phase completed at Pentecost in 2020. This research, conducted through broad international cooperation, was publishe…
Nemes Gábor, a senior research fellow of the Fraknói Research Group, presented a lecture titled The Role of Cardinals in Late Medieval Papal-Hungarian Relations on October 21, 2024, as part of the lecture series Personal History – Journeys through the World of…
The temporary exhibition titled Splendor and Devotion – The Life and Era of Bishop Ferenc Zichy of Győr opened to the public on October 7, 2024, as a result of the collaboration between the Collection Center of the Diocese of Győr and the Rómer Flóris Art and …
The centenary year organized by the Research Group named after Vilmos Fraknói was built on two main pillars: the commemorative conference held in early May in Nagyvárad and the international symposium in Rome. The annotated version of the presentations from th…
In the framework of the 10th Fraknói Workshop Lecture, Viktor Kanász summarized the church-organizing activities of Péter Pázmány. The event was occasioned by this year’s Fraknói Centenary. A significant part, indeed the starting point, of the renowned scholar…
“La Collectanea Vaticana Hungariae – superando il predecessore di epoca positivista (Monumenta Vaticana Hungariae) – pubblica monografie, studi, regesti e pubblicazioni di fonti complete, repertori e bibliografie rilevanti per il tema della ricerca storica ung…
At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, thanks to the work of Vilmos Fraknói and József Lukcsics, the monumental volumes of Monumenta Romana Episcopatus Vesprimiensis were published, marking the starting point for the scholarly research and study of dioces…