Katalin Nagy

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Katalin Nagy (1988), Ph.D. (Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", 2021)

Research Fellow (MGyI Hungarica-osztály); the Fraknói Research Group’s resident researcher at the Vatican Apostolic Archives

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MTMT publications

Studies in Hungarian

Fraknói Vilmos kutatási kérelmei a Vatikáni Apostoli Levéltárban (1881–1885)

Magyarország és a római Szentszék III. Exquisitae lucubrationes Cornelio Szovák amicabiliter dicatae, szerk. Tusor Péter–Kanász Viktor, Budapest–Róma 2022, 307–321.

Burgio nuncius árnyékában. A budapesti nunciusok és Mohács emlékezete

Mohács: számvetés. Tanulmányok az 1526. évi mohácsi csatáról, szerk. Varga Szabolcs–Kovács István, Budapest 2025, 535–551.

Studies in foreign languages

Katalin Nagy–Giulio Merlani: Gregorio XIII e l’Europa orientale: la visita apostolica del vescovo di Stagno Bonifacio de Stefani

Eastern European History Review (2022) 5. sz., 15–30.

Katalin Nagy–Giulio Merlani: Il «Cholera» degli anni Trenta dell’Ottocento

Tempi di epidemie Roma, a cura di Irene Fosi, Roma 2022, 295–315.

Periodici nell'Archivio della Nunziatura Apostolica in Italia intorno alla metà del XX secolo

Giornali italiani dopo il 1950. Questioni storiche e linguistiche. Siena 2022, 67–79

Le richieste per lo studio di Vilmos Fraknói nell’Archivio Apostolico Vaticano(1881–1885)

Protagonisti e collaboratori. Studiosi provenienti dall’Europa centro.orientale presso gli archivi della Santa Sede tra il 1881 e il 1918. A cura di Alessandro Boccolini, Matteo Sanfilippo, Péter Tusor, Katalin Nagy, (Storia d’Ungheria – History of Hungary 2) Sette Città, 2025, 85-100.

Books

L’Archivio della Nunziatura Apostolica in Ungheria (1920–1939)

Péter Tusor–Krisztina Tóth, L’Archivio della Nunziatura Apostolica in Ungheria (1920–1939),
traduzione, revisione e integrazione a cura di Katalin Nagy, CITTÀ DEL VATICANO, ARCHIVIO APOSTOLICO VATICANO, 2024

Storia d’Ungheria 4 – Viktor Kanász’s 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.
“A Dispatch from the Fraknói Research Group’s Vatican Resident…” – The Presentation of The Cambridge History of the Papacy at the Gregorian University

A report by Katalin Nagy, the Fraknói Researc

Storia d'Ungheria, vol. 3.  - Tamás Fedeles’s Volume Published in Italian

A new international series jointly published by the Fraknói Research Group, the Collegium Professorum Hungarorum, and the Gyula Moravcsik Institute has been

“A Dispatch from the Fraknói Research Group’s Vatican Resident…” – Pope Leo XIV Visits the Vatican Apostolic Library
On the morning of 14 September 2026, Pope Leo XIV opened the first chapter of the exhibition series entitled Catastrophe and Wonder (Catastrofe e meraviglia), the exhibition AQVA, at the Vatican Apostolic Library in Rome. His visit was at once a scholarly and cultural event, a pastoral encounter, and a powerful expression of how the Church’s historical memory, preserved through books, manuscripts, and material heritage, continues to create a living connection between the past and the present. The Fraknói Research Group was represented at the event by its Vatican archival research resident, CPH staff member Katalin Nagy.
MOHÁCS 500 – Research by Fraknói Research Group

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

“Report from the Fraknói Research Group’s Vatican Research Resident…” - A Polish Nobleman in Rome: Jakub Sobieski’s Seventeenth-Century Journey
On 11 March, the inaugural event of the lecture series Polacchi a Roma: itinerari culturali e politici nel Seicento was held online under the auspices of the Istituto Nazionale di Studi Romani. The programme focused on Jakub Sobieski’s (1592–1646) journey to Rome and its cultural and political dimensions. .
“Report from the Fraknói Research Group’s Vatican Resident…” – Commemorative Conference in Rome Marking the 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Pope Pius XII
On 2 March 2026, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of his birth, a commemorative conference dedicated to Pope Pius XII was held in the Sala dei Cardinali of the Oratory associated with the church of Santa Maria in Vallicella (Chiesa Nuova) in Rome. The solemn event brought together theologians, historians, and church dignitaries who reflected on the Roman roots of Eugenio Pacelli, his priestly and papal ministry, as well as his spiritual ties to the city and to St Philip Neri. The Fraknói Research Group was represented at the gathering by its Vatican archival research resident, Katalin Nagy, a collaborator of the Collegium Professorum Hungarorum (CPH).
Interview on Vatican Radio about the Protagonisti e collaboratori volume
In 2025, the volume Protagonisti e Collaboratori – Studiosi provenienti dall’Europa centro-orientale presso gli archivi della Santa Sede tra il 1881 e il 1918 (“Protagonists and Collaborators: Scholars from Central and Eastern Europe in the Archives of the Holy See between 1881 and 1918”) was published. One of the editors of the volume, Katalin Nagy, who also serves as the Vatican archival research resident of the Fraknói Research Group, briefly presented the book on Vatican Radio in a conversation with Fr. László Vértesaljai.
‘Report from the Fraknói Research Group’s Vatican Resident’ – Book Launch with Regoli and Koller

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

'The Vatican Resident of the Fraknói Research Group Reports…' – Slovak Historical Research in Rome

On Thursday, 9 October 2025, at 6:00 p.m., the Slovak Historical Institute hosted the book launch of Dejiny slovenského historického výskumu v Ríme

The Vatican Resident of the Fraknói Research Group Reports – Rome and Compostela

On 18–19 September 2025, the international conference “Giubileo e giubilei.

Fraknói Research Group represented at 'Mohács Conference' in Székesfehérvár
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.
BUDAPEST–CITTÀ DEL VATICANO 2024

“La Collectanea Vaticana Hungariae – superando il predecessore di epoca positivista (Monumenta Vaticana Hungariae) – pubblica mono

International Conference of the Research Group in Rome (INSR)
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.
“Report from the Fraknói Research Group’s Vatican Archival Resident” – SECRETUM: A Roman Book Launch by the Prefect of the Vatican Apostolic Archive

On 29 February 2024, beginning at 5:30 p.m., the book launch of Secretum, Papi, guerre, spie: misteri dell’Archivio Vaticano svelati dal Prefetto ch

The Fraknói Research Group's research trip to Rome
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).
"The resident of Rome reports": Conference on Sedes vacans in Rome

On May 25 and 26, 2023, the Pontificia Università Gregoriana and the Archivum Historiae Pontificiae organised the conference I modi di governo del p

The EEHR co-edited by the Fraknói Research Group

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

“Report from the Fraknói Research Group’s Vatican Resident” – A Seminar on the History of Papal Chaplains

On 10 March 2023 at 5:00 p.m., the second session of the Seminario permanente di Storia del Papato (Permanent Seminar on the History of the Papacy)

The resident in Rome reports: New volume on the pontificate of Leo XIII

On March 1, 2023, at 16:00, Diego Pinna's newly published book "Il gran consiglio della Chiesa Leone XIII e la Congregazione degli Affari ecclesiastici strao

The resident in Rome reports: G.B. Montini in the Holy See administration

On February 24, 2023, the event "L'Assistente della Fuci e il Sostituto della Segreteria di Stato, Nuove fonti storiche per lo studio di Giovanni Battista Mo

Third Fraknói Workshop Lecture
On 24 January 2023, at 17:00, the third Frakno Workshop Lecture was held, organised by the Vilmos Fraknói Vatican Historical Research Group. Katalin Nagy, the Fraknói Research Group's Vatican Archives Research Resident and Giulio Merlani, a doctoral student at La Sapienza University of Rome, gave a lecture on a 16th century topic entitled 'Gregorio XIII e l'Europa orientale: La visita apostolica del vescovo di Stagno Bonifacio de Stefani'.
Seminar series on the history of the papacy at the Pontifical Gregorian University
On 23 January 2023, at 17:00, the newest initiative of the Pontificia Università Gregoriana and the Archivum Historiae Pontificiae began: a series of permanent seminars on the history of the papacy, entitled Seminario permanente di Storia del Papato. The series opened with a lecture by Prof. Samu Niskanen, Associate Professor in the Department of Medieval History at the University of Helsinki, entitled L'Historia Apostolica di Aratore: la sua edizione e papa Vigilio. On this occasion, the Fraknói Research Group was represented by its Vatican Archives Research Resident, Katalin Nagy.
“Papa, non più papa” – Book presentation
The book "Papa, non più papa. La rinuncia pontificia nella storia e nel diritto canonico" (a cura di Amedeo Feniello e Mario Prignano, Viella, Roma 2022) has launched on 10 January 2023 in Rome at Palazzo Firenze.  The two main speakers were the President of the Dante Alighieri Society, Andrea Riccardi, and Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller. The event was moderated by journalist Massimo Franco. The Fraknói Research Group was represented at the event by its Vatican Archives Research Resident, Katalin Nagy.
Collectanea Vaticana Hungariae, vol. I/21 – Greetings to the 60-year-old Kornél Szovák
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.
Book presentation at Deutsches Historisches Institut in Rom
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.
8th Fraknói Summer Academy - Piliscsaba 5-6 August 2022
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.
Interview with Vatican Radio on the new results and future of the Research Group
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.
"A Fraknói Kcs. vatikáni rezidense jelenti..." – A vatikáni levéltár új hírlevele
A prefektúra szíves engedélyével közöljük a Vatikáni Apostoli Levéltár első hírlevelének magyar nyelvű összefoglalását. A Levéltár hírleve több fontos témával foglalkozik, ezek között találhatjuk José Tolentino de Mendonça bíboros bevezetését, amelyben rávilágít az Apostoli Levéltár jelentőségére. Továbbá a kutatók olvashatnak arról a fordulópontról, a Levéltár névváltozásáról, ami egy új korszakot nyit meg a Levéltár történetében, ugyanis a Vatikáni Titkos Levéltár 2020-tólVatikáni Apostoli Levéltárként működik tovább.
Katalin Nagy, Roman researcher resident of the Fraknói Research Group
We are glad to announce that Katalin Nagy finished her doctoral program at University La Sapienza and she obtained her PhD degree.
Pius XII's opened fonds - Conference in Rome
From 2nd of March 2020 Vatican Apostolic Archives’ fonds from pontificate of Pius XII (1939-1958) are avaible for researchers. Due to the openning on 21st of February Vatican Apostolic Archives organized an international conference namely L’Apertura degli Archivi della Santa Sede per il Pontificato di Pio XII (1939-1958)
Pius XII's opened fonds. Closed Archives - coronavirus in Rome
Krisztina Tóth was glad to see that in the opened fonds are numerous hungarian related documents.
A Vatikáni Titkos Leváltár új neve (Interjú Mons. Sergio Pagano prefektussal)
Ferenc pápa L’esperienza storica kezedetű, motu proprio formájában 2019. október 22-én kiadott apostoli levelében a Vatikáni Titkos Levéltár nevét (Archivio Segreto Vaticano) azonnali hatállyal Vatikáni Apostoli Levéltárra (Archivio Apostolico Vaticano) változtatta. Az V. Pál (1605–1621) által 1611-ben alapított intézmény 1646 óta viselte folyamatosan ezt a nevet, a korábbi évtizedekben félhivatalosan Archivum novumként, illetve Archivum apostolicumként emlegették.
Interjú a Lánchíd Rádióban

Beszélgetés Nagy Katalinnal az Apostoli Kamara forrásainak jelentőségéről a magyar történelem megismerésében, a vatikáni magyar kutatásokról, a Kutatócsoport