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 Group discussed the 1525 journey of László Kanizsai to Rome and Loreto, explaining how the nobleman prepared for the pilgrimage, who accompanied him, which route he might have taken, and why he stopped in Loreto. He gave detailed insight into how the Pope knighted Kanizsai in the Vatican Palace, how he returned home via Venice, what might have motivated the journey, and how all of this fits into the broader pattern of Hungarian pilgrimages to Rome at the time. In this context, he highlighted that 1525—like 2025—was a Holy Year celebrated by the Church. The interview also explored what written sources allow us to reconstruct such pilgrimages.
A week earlier, Zalai Hírlap recorded a podcast with him (available here), in which the question of pilgrimage—also appearing in novels—was discussed in relation to the literary memory of the Kanizsai family. The study that formed the basis of this discussion is available here, and the 500th anniversary of the knighting was commemorated on Újkor.hu .
Previous interviews with members of the Fraknói Research Group can be found here.