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. Botond Bátor (Pauline friar), Viktor Dávid Körősi (chief consul), art historian Enikő Hegedűs, and archdiocesan chief school inspector Rev. László Gál.
The theme of the competition was the life and times of Cardinal George Martinuzzi (Fráter György). Participants visited the well-known site of the Bishop of Várad's death—the now-ruined castle of Alvinc—where Teréz Oborni and Viktor Kanász explained the causes and consequences of the murder committed on December 17, 1551, as well as the details of the lengthy investigation conducted by the Holy See.
Kanász also pointed out that the primary sources for this case are preserved in the Vatican Apostolic Archive, while copies of some of the nuncial documents can be found, among other places, in the Batthyaneum Library in Gyulafehérvár.
The awards ceremony took place in the St. Michael's Cathedral of Gyulafehérvár, where, following the Holy Mass, Teréz Oborni and Viktor Kanász offered their assessments of the participants’ performances.
(Photos: Zsolt Geréd/Foto Marco, Adrian Dicu and Zsófia Kanász-Bellovics)
