György Sági

Sági

György Sági (1988), Ph.D. (Pázmány Péter Catholic University, 2026) 
Research Fellow, Scientific Secretary

 

Studies in Hungarian

Egyháztörténeti Szemle 17 (2016) 3. sz., 25–61.

Egyháztörténeti Szemle 18 (2017) 4. sz., 62–80.

Múltbanéző [MNL BKML Elektronikus Folyóirata] (2018) 12.

Arma. Tanulmányok a Colloquium Officiale III konferencia előadásaiból (szerk. Kiss Alpár) Budapest (2018) 267–295.

Rott Nándor és kora – A katolikus egyház 1918–1919-ben és a veszprémi püspökség a két világháború között (A veszprémi egyházmegye múltjából 36.), szerk. Karlinszky Balázs–Varga Tibor László, Veszprém 2020, 245–272.

Egyháztörténeti Szemle 21 (2020) 1. sz., 97–104.

XXIV. Tavaszi Szél Konferencia 2021 Tanulmánykötet II. (szerk. Molnár Dániel–Molnár Dóra), Budapest 2021, 647–657.

Honismeret 49 (2021) 2. sz., 73–79.

Tavaszi Szél 2022 Tanulmánykötet III. (szerk. Molnár Dániel–Molnár Dóra–Nagy Adrián Szilárd), Budapest 2022, 382–392.

Egyháztörténeti Szemle 24 (2023) 1. sz., 72–87.

Szakács Gyula egyházügyi főelőadó jelentése a jubileumi ünnepségsorozatról és a főpap körlevélbéli visszatekintése aranymiséjére, Múltbanéző 17.

Studies in foreign languages

XXVI. Tavaszi Szél Konferencia 2023 Tanulmánykötet II, szerk. Molnár Dániel–Molnár Dóra, Budapest 2023, 420–432.

Dissertations

PPKE BTK, Piliscsaba 2018. (Témavezető: Tusor Péter)

Reviews

Századok 148 (2014) 1. sz., 250–251.

Klió 25 (2016) 4. sz., 64–67.

Keresztény Szó 29 (2018) 7. sz., 29–31.

Egyháztörténeti Szemle 20 (2019) 4. sz., 128–131.

Source editions

P. Király Kelemen OFM: Naplóm 1944–1947, szerk. Sági György, Budapest 2018.

György Sági, Scientific Secretary and Research Fellow of the Fraknói Research Group, delivered a paper entitled Kelemen Király, a Franciscan Friar and Pioneer of Ecumenism at a conference marking the 800th anniversary of the Transitus of St Francis of Assisi.

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

On 20 April 2026, the public doctoral defence of György Sági, research assistant—now research fellow—and scientific secretary of the Fraknói Research Group,

The Bishops’ Lexicon devoted to nineteenth-century Latin-rite prelates, published in 2025 (I–IV, CST I/7), is followed at the beginning of the new year, on the Feast of the Epiphany, by a volume presenting the biographies of the bishops of the Greek Catholic dioceses of Hungary. Spanning 210 pages, the book introduces 31 hierarchs from seven dioceses. As in Chapters I–IV, the introductory descriptions of the Greek Catholic dioceses and the bishops’ biographies in Chapter V are presented in a uniform structure and methodological framework; unlike the earlier volumes, however, the dioceses are here classified and arranged according to the Greek rite rather than by ecclesiastical provinces.

On October 14–15, 2025, the Gál Ferenc University hosted a conference entitled Holy Years and Jubilees, organized by the university’s Bálint Sándor

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.

On 11 August 2025, precisely on the 125th anniversary of his death, a commemorative session honouring Bishop Fülöp Steiner (1839–1900) was convened at the ep

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

On March 21, 2025, a dual book presentation was held in Kalocsa at the Astriceum Archiepiscopal Museum.

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.
At the beginning of August 2023, the presenters at the IX. Fraknói Summer Academy shared the results of their latest research on the history of the Archdiocese of Kalocsa with the audience in the archiepiscopal city. As a result of the academy, a volume has now been published, featuring nine studies edited by Viktor Kanász and György Sági. Following the foreword by research group leader Péter Tusor, the writings are organized into four chapters.
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 April 25th, to great interest, two members of the Research Group, György Sági and Viktor Kanász, held a presentation at the Thúry György Museum about the

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.

On February 13, 2024, the Fraknói Workshop Lecture took place for the seventh time.

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).
During the month of May, György Sági attended three conferences in three different locations in Hungary.
On May 2, 2023, at the Seminarium Centrale in Budapest, Fraknói Research Group held the presentation of the Collectanea Studiorum et Textuum I/5 volume entitled A magyar katolicizmus és Trianon (Hungarian Catholicism and the Treaty of Trianon).

In preparation for the visit of the successor of St.

On 23 June 2021, the Vilmos Fraknói Vatican Historical Research Group held a conference on the Church Historical Consequences of the Peace Treaty that ended World War I. The written version of the lectures presented at the conference, edited by György Sági and Péter Tusor.
György Sági, Scientific Secretary of the Fraknói Research Group, was the guest of Kossuth Radio, who was asked about the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.
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 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.
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.
At the invitation of András Koltai, President of the Hungarian Association of Ecclesiastical Archivists (MELTE), György Sági, research assistant of the Frakno Research Group, also participated as a speaker at this year's conference.
Mindszenty József bíboros, hercegprímás, esztergomi érsek születésének 130. évfordulója alkalmából a Magyarországi Mindszenty Alapítvány és a Fiatalok a Nemzetért Alapítvány kétfordulós versenypályázatot hirdetett meg középiskolás diákok számára. A február 28-áig beérkező esszéket március folyamán meghatározott szempontok alapján versenybizottság értékelte, melynek Sági György, a Fraknói Kutatócsoport tudományos segédmunkatársa is tagja volt. Több kiemelkedő, szakmai szemmel is színvonalas pályamunkát nyújtottak be a versenyre jelentkezők. A második fordulóra, egyúttal szóbeli döntőre április 22-én került sor Budapesten, a jezsuiták Párbeszéd Házában. Az eseményen Sági meghívott vendégként képviselte a Kutatócsoportot.
2021. november 24-én 17:45-től a PPKE BTK Sophianum épületében immáron második alkalommal került megrendezésre Fraknói Műhelyelőadás. Az első hasonló eseményre még a pandémiát megelőzően került sor. Ezúttal Sági György, a Fraknói Kutatócsoport tudományos segédmunkatársa tartotta meg előadását Esty Miklós és a Szent István Társulat címmel.
2021. november 10-én 17 órától mutatták be a Sapientia Szerzetesi Hittudományi Főiskola aulájában a PPKE BTK egyetemi docense és a BTK TTI igazgatóhelyettese, Fejérdy András szerkesztésében megjelenő Hűség és megújulás. A szerzetesi élet Magyarországon 1950–2000 című kötetet.

György Sági held a lecture entitled S.E.R.

Az I. világháborút lezáró békediktátumra emlékezett 2021. június 23-án a „Trianon és az Egyház” című konferencia. A tudományos fórumot a pandémia miatt a centenáriumot követően egy év halasztással rendezte meg az MTA-PPKE Fraknói Vilmos Római Történeti Kutatócsoport. Helyszínül Rev. Martos Levente Balázs rektornak köszönhetően a Seminarium Centrale földszinti aulája szolgált. Az intézményt régi hagyomány köti az egyháztörténeti, kiváltképpen a vatikáni kutatások támogatásához. Az 1880-as évek elején falai között folytak megbeszélések meg a Monumenta Vaticana Hungariae elindításáról többek között Haynald Lajos, Ipolyi Arnold és Fraknói részvételével. Utóbbi 1904-es tervezete szerint a Központi Szeminárium rektora lett volna az új római történeti és műveszti intézet felügyelő bizottságának egyik tagja a Szent Jobb-i apátság üresedése esetén. A püspöki kar által létrehozandó intézmény működését Fraknói Vilmos e javadalma bevételeiből kívánta biztosítani.

In the last days nearly half a hundred books were given to National Archives of Hungary's libr

The Association of Hungarian PhD and DLA Candidates (DOSZ) organized the regular annual conference in 2021 in University of Miskolc, Hungary. György Sági member of the Research Group participated on it.
On 7th of May 2021 György Sági junior member of Fraknói Research Group gave a lecture entitled 'Report of a phantom archive"  at an online conference powered by DOSZ (Doktoranduszok Országos Szövetsége).
On 21st of October 2020 „Veszprémi egyházmegye múltjából” series 35th and 36th volumes was presented at Central Seminary in Budapest.
The Research Group (and former Lendület-program's) mega-project has ended on Pentecost 2020 thanks to an international cooperation. The volume was published by Duncker & Humblot.

2019. augusztus 29-én a veszprémi Szaléziánumban konferenciával emlékeztek meg Rott Nándor püspöksége idejéről.

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

The newly published book "Serédi Jusztinián, Magyarország hercegprímása" ("

A new volume of Collectanea Studiorum et Textuum has been published: „Jusztinián Serédi, the Prince Primate of Hungary” by Balázs Csíky.

The Diary of Kelemen Király OFM (1944–1947) was published and presented in Budapest and Csongrád on 10 September and 9 October 2018.

On behalf of the Fraknói Research Group, Balázs Rétfalvi and György Sági gave lectures at the conference "Misericordias Domini in aeternum cantabo

Életének 83. évében Szatmárnémetiben elhunyt Bura László, a Kutatócsoport külső munkatársa.

A Kutatócsoport képviseletében Sági György, Tóth Krisztina és Rétfalvi Balázs vett részt az Egyháztörténészek 3.