Vilmos Fraknói Vatican Historical Research Group

2026. November 7.

Storia d’Ungheria, Vol. 4 – Viktor Kanász’s Italian-Language Monograph

Monograph by Viktor Kanász, titled Lo sguardo di Roma sul Regno d’Ungheria. Il nunzio Girolamo Martinengo alla corte di Ferdinando I d’Asburgo (1550–1554), represents the fourth volume in the series. The author originally addressed this subject in his 2022 doctoral dissertation, followed in subsequent years by further archival research, the findings of which are now accessible in Italian. The volume examines the mid-sixteenth-century relations between the Holy See and the Kingdom of Hungary through the diplomatic mission of the papal nuncio Girolamo Martinengo between 1550 and 1554.

2026. October 26.

From Rome to Mohács: Further Lectures Marking the 500th Anniversary

The members of the Research Group played an active role in the commemorations marking the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Mohács. The subject has remained relevant beyond the anniversary on 29 August, and events relating to Mohács have therefore continued throughout the autumn. In this context, Viktor Kanász, Research Fellow of the Group, has also delivered several lectures over the past two months.

2026. October 28.

Holy See–Hungarian Relations before Mohács: Gábor Nemes’s Lecture in Szeged

An international academic conference entitled Hungary and Europe at the End of the Jagiellonian Era was held at Gál Ferenc University in Szeged on 14 October 2026. The Fraknói Research Group was represented by Senior Research Fellow Gábor Nemes, who delivered a paper entitled Papal–Hungarian Relations before Mohács.

Viktor Kanász

Lo sguardo di Roma sul Regno d’Ungheria. Il nunzio Girolamo Martinengo alla corte di Ferdinando I d’Asburgo (1550–1554)

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2026. November 16.

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Kanász Viktor

Újkor.hu

Eger árnyékában. Szász Móric magyarországi hadjárata 1552-ben

Introduction

The Vilmos Fraknói Vatican Historical Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Péter Pázmány Catholic University was established in the June of 2012 as the ‘Impetus’ Church History Research Group in the frame of the Church History Research Institute of the University founded by Rector Péter Erdő in 1999. It carries on independently the latter’s publications (Bibliotheca Historiae Ecclesiasticae Universitatis Catholicae de Petro Pázmány Nuncupatae) and researches in Rome and in Vienna, with the involvement of academic and other funding sources.

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Annual Institutional Week of the Fraknói Research Group in Rome - 2026