Gábor Nemes

Studies in Hungarian

 Összekötnek az évezredek, szerk. J. Újváry Zsuzsanna, (Pázmány Történelmi Műhely. Történelmi Tanulmányok 3), Piliscsaba 2011, 41–51.

Századok 149 (2015) 2, 479–506.

Századok 150 (2016) 2, 369–385.

Soproni Szemle 71 (2017) 3, 259–268.

Egyházi társadalom a Magyar Királyságban a 16. században, szerk. Varga Szabolcs–Vértesi Lázár, Seria Historiae Dioecesis Quinqueecclesiensis 17, Pécs 2017, 105–133.

Folyamatosság és változás. Egyházszervezet és hitélet a veszprémi püspökség területén a 16-17. században, szerk. Karlinszky Balázs–Varga Tibor, Veszprém 2018, 9–46.

Turul 98 (2020) 3, 58-62.

In: "Sapienti sat". Tanulmánykötet 2020-2021, Brenner János Hittudományi Főiskola, Győr 2021, 104–111.

Magyarország és a római Szentszék III (CVH I/21), szerk. Tusor Péter–Kanász Viktor, Budapest–Róma 2022 95–110.

Magyarország és a római Szentszék III (CVH I/21), szerk. Tusor Péter–Kanász Viktor, Budapest–Róma 2022, 65–93.

Sopron vonzásában. Ünnepi tanulmányok Dominkovits Péter 60. születésnapjára, szerk. Fiziker Róbert–Kelemen Dávid, Sopron 2022, 35–46.

In: ELSÜLLYEDT MOHÁCS. Újabb tanulmányok a mohácsi csatával kapcsolatos kutatások eredményeiből, szerk. Varga Szabolcs, Budapest 2023, 137–143.

In: Temetetlen Mohács: Az 1526. és az 1687. évi csata új kutatási eredményei, szerk. Varga Szabolcs, Budapest 2024, 193–203.

Vigilia 89 (2024) 8, 693–700.

Bakóc Tamás emlékezete, szerk. C. Tóth Norbert-Neumann Tibor (Bibliotheca Collegii Professorum Hungarorum. Classis Philosofica), Piliscsaba 2024, 183–223.

Fraknói Emlékkönyv. Fraknói Vilmos (1843–1924) püspök, történész, a Magyar Tudományos Akadémia főtitkárának emlékezete (CVH I/24), szerk. Tusor Péter–Kanász Viktor, Budapest–Róma 2024, 403–411.

Fraknói Emlékkönyv. Fraknói Vilmos (1843–1924) püspök, történész, a Magyar Tudományos Akadémia főtitkárának emlékezete (CVH I/24), szerk. Tusor Péter–Kanász Viktor, Budapest–Róma 2024, 591–607.

In: Mohács: számvetés. Tanulmányok az 1526. évi mohácsi csatáról, szerk. Varga Szabolcs–Kovács István, Budapest 2025, 257–266.

Studies in foreign languages

The Jagiellonians in Europe: Dynastic Diplomacy and Foreign Relations, szerk. Bárány Attila Pál, Debrecen 2016, 171–182.

Archivum Historiae Pontificae 53 (2019) 69–110.

Protagonisti e collaboratori. Studiosi provenienti dall'Europa centro-orientale presso gli archivi della Santa Sede tra il 1881 e il 1918, ed. Alessandro Boccolini–Matteo Sanfilippo– Péter Tusor– Katalin Nagy, Viterbo 2025, 207–221.

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Fraknói Emlékkönyv. Fraknói Vilmos (1843–1924) püspök, történész, a Magyar Tudományos Akadémia főtitkárának emlékezete (CVHI/24), szerk. Tusor Péter–Kanász Viktor, Budapest–Róma 2024, 779–788.

Fraknói Emlékkönyv. Fraknói Vilmos (1843–1924) püspök, történész, a Magyar Tudományos Akadémia főtitkárának emlékezete (CVH I/24), szerk. Tusor Péter–Kanász Viktor, Budapest–Róma 2024, 657–694.

An international academic conference entitled Hungary and Europe at the End of the Jagiellonian Era was held at Gál Ferenc University in Szeged on 1

One of the principal research priorities of the Fraknói Research Group’s work in the Vatican Archives is the study of relations between the Holy See and Hung

he Fraknói Research Group, in cooperation with Pázmány Péter Catholic University, the University of Pécs, the Pécs Regional Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and the Collegium Professorum Hungarorum, organised the 12th Fraknói Summer Academy between 25 and 27 June. This year’s venue was the city of Pécs. The programme focused on late medieval Hungarian ecclesiastical history, centring on the forthcoming 500th anniversary of the Battle of Mohács and the preparation of the Bishops’ Lexicon of the Hunyadi and Jagiellonian periods.

On 3 June 2026, Gábor Nemes, Senior Research Fellow of the Fraknói Research Group, delivered a lecture entitled From Petition to Bull: An Introduction to

On 11 February 2026, the Fraknói Research Group, in cooperation with the Medieval Evenings lecture series, presented two newly published volumes by its members at its central research venue, the Faculty of Humanities of Pázmány Péter Catholic University. The books appeared in the Collectanea Vaticana Hungariae and Collectanea Studiorum et Textuum series.

On Monday, 1 December 2025, at 5:00 p.m., the Pontifical Gregorian University hosted the presentation of the edited volume Vatican Diplomacy and

On 7 November 2025, a conference entitled “MTA 200 – Mohács 500. The Latest Research in Archaeology, Anthropology and History” was held at the headquarters of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences - HAS (MTA, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, bicentennial conference). The event was organized by the Pécs and Szeged Regional Committees of the HAS as part of the Academy’s bicentennial celebrations. The Fraknói Research Group was represented by Tamás Fedeles, who also took part in organizing the conference, as well as by Tamás Kuppa and Gábor Nemes, both of whom delivered papers in the history section chaired by Academician László Solymosi.

Organised by the Hungarian Military Science Society and the “Szülőföldünk” Local History Association, the conference entitled “Győr County in Hungarian Milit

On 23–24 September 2025, the conference Western Transdanubia Before and After Mohács took place at the Nádasdy Cultural Centre in Sárvár.

The public defense of the doctoral dissertation of Róbert Oláh, assistant research fellow of the Vilmos Fraknói Vatican Historical Research Group, was held on 4 September at Pázmány Péter Catholic University.
Under the title “We have not come to celebrate, but to pay the tribute of reverence …”, an academic conference on the Battle of Mohács and its age was convened by the Municipality of Székesfehérvár, the Institute and Museum of Military History, and János Kodolányi University within the framework of the Royal Days of Székesfehérvár, held on 18–19 August 2025. Bringing together many of the foremost figures in Mohács scholarship, the conference represented a landmark contribution to ongoing research into one of the pivotal moments of Central European history. The Fraknói Research Group also participated, presenting under the chairmanship of Péter Tusor a dedicated panel on the ecclesiastical dimensions of Mohács on the morning of the second day.

The scholarly legacy of Vilmos Fraknói in Rome is today embodied by the Collectanea Vaticana Hungariae—the series that revived the Monumenta Vat

In recent weeks, the papal conclave has drawn heightened public attention.

On 8–9 December 2024, the international conference ANTEMURALE CHRISTIANITATIS.

Nemes Gábor, a senior research fellow of the Fraknói Research Group, presented a lecture titled The Role of Cardinals in Late Medieval Papal-Hungarian Re

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 the Nagyvárad conference, supplemented with additional studies, writings, and appendices, was published on October 16, 2024, as volume I/24 of the CVH series.

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

Fraknói Centenary (1924–2024) The prominent international event of the Fraknói centenary took place on June 6, 2024, at the Aventine headquarters of the Istituto Nazionale di Studi Romani, next to the headquarters of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. At the scientific conference titled Protagonisti e Collaboratori – Studiosi provenienti dall’Europa centro-orientale presso gli archivi della Santa Sede tra il 1881 e il 1918 (Protagonists and Collaborators - Researchers from Central and Eastern Europe at the Holy See Archives between 1881 and 1918), in addition to members of the Fraknói Research Group, Italian, Austrian, Czech, Polish, and Croatian researchers also gave presentations.
The Fraknói Centenary (1924–2024) marked a significant event on June 4, 2024, in Rome. June 4 is the anniversary of the Treaty of Trianon and the Day of National Unity. Notably, on the same day in 1882, the committee overseeing the publication of the Monumenta Vaticana Hungariae was established in Budapest under the chairmanship of Cardinal Lajos Haynald, Archbishop of Kalocsa. It was therefore fitting that the Research Group, in Rome for the centenary international memorial conference, paid tribute on this day to the monumental memorial of Hungarian statehood and its commissioner, Vilmos Fraknói, in the Lateran Basilica.
The venue and theme of the Fraknói Academy, held for the tenth time, is justified by the centenary of the death of Vilmos Fraknói (1843–1924) in 2024. Vilmos Fraknói was the main organizer of Hungarian historical research in the Vatican following the gradual opening of the Holy See's collections from 1881. He initiated the Monumenta Vaticana Hungariae, and in the 1890s, using the income from his ecclesiastical benefices, he established the Hungarian Historical Institute in Rome as a private institution. He did not work alone; several others joined the efforts. The roles of his collaborators are important, yet their activities in Rome have not been thoroughly examined by historical scholarship.There is also much to be said about Fraknói Vilmos's years in Rome, his plans, and especially his legacy.

On 6 April, Gábor Nemes, Senior Research Fellow of the Fraknói Research Group, appeared on the Hungarian television channel M5 in the history magazine progra

The Fraknói Research Group attaches particular importance to the dissemination of the results of its fundamental scholarly research. In this spirit, during 2023, and on the basis of an agreement concluded with the historical magazine Múlt-kor, members of the Fraknói Research Group published two articles.
After Péter Tusor's lecture on the Árpás Altarpiece in Győr, the 6th Fraknói Workshop took place on January 23, 2024. During this event, Gábor Nemes presented the results of his research on the medieval account book of the Győr Cathedral Chapter.
After last year's event in Pécs, on December 7, 2023, the Mohács500 conference took place in Mohács, organized with the collaboration of the Fraknói Research Group. During this conference, presentations were given by Tamás Fedeles, Nemes Gábor, Kruppa Tamás, and Kanász Viktor.
22th Győr Book Salon featured the unveiling of Issue 61 of Arrabona on November 10 at the Kisfaludy Károly Library (Győr). Gábor Nemes, alongside Emese Pápai and Zoltán Székely, who were involved in editorial tasks, presented the volume of the Rómer Flóris Museum's Regional Scientific Yearbook. The collection of studies includes Péter Tusor's work titled "Another Turkish War after Vasvár? Reports of Nuncio Antonio Pignatalli (1668–1670)" and Viktor Kanász's piece "Móric Szász's 1552 Campaign in Hungary and Camp in Győr".
As part of the Latinitas Hungarica series, following the April presentations by Péter Tusor and Gábor Nemes, Viktor Kanász introduced the nature of the papal sources related to Girolamo Martinengo's nunciature (1550-1554).

On 12 September, 2023, Péter Tusor gave the 5th Fraknói Workshop Lecture entitled "An Alternative Interpretation of the Árpás Altarpiece" at the Dio

From 3 to 5 August 2023, the city of Kalocsa hosted the IX Fraknói Summer Academy. Sixteen lectures were presented in five sessions of the three-day conference on Church History. New research results were presented in three venues this year. It was organised by the ELKH-PPKE-PTE Vilmos Fraknói Vatican Historical Research Group, the ELKH Gyula Moravcsik Institute and this time the PPKE BTK. This year the three-day event was organised in cooperation with the ELKH-OSZK Fragmenta et Codices Research Group, the András Kubinyi Historical Workshop of the PPKE BTK and the Károly Viski Museum. As in previous years, this year's conference served as a community-building event, in addition to interpreting current research results.
The Fraknói Research Group is the intellectual heir and successor to the work of the eponymous Vilmos Fraknói. Its historical series, the Collectanea Vaticana Hungariae, published since 2004, is a continuation of Fraknói's Monumenta Vaticana Hungariae.  The essence of the research group's work is that while the place of research and presentation of results is predominantly Rome, the processing work is carried out in domestic research centres, above all at the PPKE (Péter Pázmány Catholic University, Budapest).

Central and South-Eastern Europe between the Christian and Ottoman worlds: conflicts, encounters and compromises (XVI-XVIII centuries) is the title

The leader of the research team gived presentations in Budapest and Győr in May.
Gábor Nemes, Senior Research Fellow of the Fraknói Research Group, gave an interview to the Győr+ newspaper, in which he talked to Andrea J. Kovács about his researches in the Vatican.
Members of the Research Group had several media appearances during the days of the Pope's visit.
In connection with the papal visit, the Fraknói Research Group has been actively involved in the organisation of several events in recent weeks. On 11 April, at the invitation of Pázmány Péter Catholic University, the Research Group participated in the preparation and moderation of a roundtable discussion. It also contributed to the editing of a special, papacy-themed issue of Rubicon, initiated by the Group, and members of the Research Group gave interviews for the podcast series of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of PPKE.

On the occasion of Pope Francis’s visit to Hungary, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of Pázmány Péter Catholic University featured interviews wi

On 13 December 2022, the latest volume of the Collectanea Vaticana Hungariae (CVH I/21) series, Hungary and the Holy See of Rome III, was presented in the Bogdánffy Szilárd Hall of the Central Seminary in Budapest.

On 2 December 2022, a conference was organised in the building of the Pécs Regional Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, co-organised by the Frakn

On 21 November, the VIIth academic workshop seminar of the Fraknói Research Group took place at Brenner János Theological College in Győr, where Gábor Nemes

Two members of the Research Group, Gábor Nemes and Tamás Fedeles gave interviews to Vatican Radio.
On 17 October 2022, the international launch of the latest publications of the Collectanea Vaticana Hungariae series (I/18, II/8, II/10) took place at the German Historical Institute in Rome (Deutsches Historisches Institut in Rom), organised by the host institution and the ELKH-PPKE-PTE Fraknói Vilmos Vatican Historical Research Group. The prestigious event was opened by Alexander Koller, Deputy Director of the German Historical Institute.

Október 13-án a győri Brenner János Hittudományi Főiskola adott otthont a XXIV. Győri és X. Kisalföldi Levéltári Napnak.

The Fraknói Summer Academy was held for the eighth time this year. This time, following the principle of "back to the roots", the event took place in Piliscsaba, the former campus of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Pázmány Péter Catholic University.
On July 1st 2022, the Fraknói Research Group participated in the annual event of the medievalists, represented by Gábor Nemes, Viktor Kanász and György Sági, as in the previous year.
To discuss the latest research results of the Frakno Research Group in the Vatican, Vatican Radio hosted Péter Tusor, Tamás Fedeles, Tamás Kruppa, Gábor Nemes and the Research Group's Vatican Research Resident, Katalin Nagy. During the interview, senior research fellow and university professor Tamás Fedeles spoke in detail about his recently published book, the publication of his half-decade-long collection of material in the archives of the Apostolic Camera. Then Péter Tusor evaluated the 2017-2022 MTA/ELKH funded research grant period. He briefly presented the plans and goals of the Research Group for the new cycle (2022-2027) following the successful reapplication.
2022. április 6-án a budapesti Központi Szeminárium dísztermében került sor a Veszprémi Főegyházmegyei Levéltár és a befogadó intézmény szervezésében a patinás Veszprémi egyházmegye múltjából-sorozat 37., 38. és 39. kötetének bemutatójára – Marton Levente Balázs rektornak köszönhetően, s a Fraknói Kutatócsoport közreműködésével.

On 29th of September 2021 Gábor Nemes research fellow and Róbert Oláh assistant research fellow of Fraknói Research Group held lectures at conference "Győr -

After several years fruitful co-working between Fraknói Research Group and University of Olmütz on 15th of September 2021 joint book namely The Legation of Angelo Pecchinoli at the Court of the King of Hungary (1488–1490) by Antonín Kalous was presented at Eötvös Collegium in Budapest.
The seventh Fraknói Summer Academy was organized in Győr between 6-8 August 2021. Participants listened lectures on topic of church history.

Series Collectanea Vaticana Hungariae new volume 

The seventh book fair which focuses on Middle Ages were organized on 2nd of July in Budapest by Section of Linguistics and Literary Scholarship of Hunga

We are pleased to announce that Gábor Nemes research fellow of Fraknói Research Group has published a study in Archivum Historiae Pontificiae.

Gábor Nemes research fellow gave a presentation entitled of Papal’s diplomacy’s influence on relationship between Kingdom of Hungary and Holy Roman Empire.

The Fraknói Research Group represented itself by three members at the conference 'Diocese of Veszprém in the Middle Ages' held in Veszprém on 27th August 202

On 22nd Mai 2020 Gábor Nemes research fellow of Fraknói Research Group gave an interview on the MR1 Kossuth Radio.
Gábor Nemes research fellow of MTA-PPKE Vilmos Fraknói Vatican Historical Research Group held a lecture on 19th February 2020 at Hungarian National Archives’ headquarters in Budapest.
A Kutatócsoport tudományos munkatársa, Nemes Gábor 2019. szeptember 6-án interjút adott Rómer Flóris és Ebenhöch Ferenc győri kanonok levelezésének kiadása kapcsán a Kossuth Rádió Regényes történelem című műsorában.

The fifth Fraknói Summer Academy was organized in Eger between 1–4 August 2019. Participants attended lectures on church history.

Demeter Naprághy, Archbishop of Kalocsa (1608–1619) and bishop of Győr (1607–1619) was remembered at the conference "Labore et patientia", which was&nbs

Nemes Gábor, research fellow of the Fraknói Research Group, organised a wreath laying and commemoration on 1 February 2019, the 80th death anniversary o

The Fraknói Research Group organised the presentation of two books about the history archdiocese of Veszprém on 17 October 2018  at the Pázmány Péter Ca

The fourth Fraknói Summer Academy was organized in Vasvár and Szombathely between 2–5 August 2018 with scientific lectures concerning church history.

The first workshop seminar of the Fraknói Research Group was organised at the University of Pécs on 11 October 2017.

Research fellow Gábor Nemes and assistant research fellow Viktor Kanász gave lectures on a conference related to the 16th century history of the di

Az MTA Lendület-program támogatásával a katolikus egyetemen működő Kutatócsoport kiemelt feladata és célja a hallgatók speciális képzése, tudományos motiváci

A Kutatócsoport vatikáni kutatásaiban a kora újkor és a 20. század mellett kiemelt figyelmet élvez a késő középkor. E figyelem bizonyítéka akár a VIII.

A ‘Lendület’ kutatócsoportok közötti együttműködés jegyében két előadással vettünk részt a "Magyarország a középkori Európában"

Nemes Gábor győri püspöki levéltáros, a Kutatócsoport külső munkatársa, aki a témakörben a tavasszal védte meg doktori értekezését a katolikus egyetemen,