Svätorečenie ako prostriedok etablovania sa mendikantov v stredovekých mestách (na príklade uhorských augustiniánov)
Canonization as a Means of Establishing Mendicants in Medieval Cities (Based on the Example of Hungarian Augustinians)

Summary/Abstract: Holiness was of great importance to medieval society. It was the goal of the earthly life of many people, among whom should be included members of religious orders. Many saints who influenced the masses with their lives came from the mendicant orders. The Kingdom of Hungary is no exception and in its medieval history such mendicant orders boasted a number of personalities who were ascribed holiness and sainthood. In addition to St. Elizabeth and St. Margaret there were other lesser-known saints who came from or lived in the Kingdom of Hungary. The Augustinians too were a mendicant order. Information about three such saints come from this medieval Kingdom of Hungary. This paper aims to analyse the fates of these three figures, about whose life in the order there is only brief information. The paper will focus in detail on the life of St. Vitus of Pannonia, who was one of the most important Augustinian order saints in the Kingdom of Hungary. In addition to St. Vitus of Pannonia, brief information about two others has survived, namely St. Sebaldus the Confessor and Blessed Francis Hungarus. This paper will try to find answers to basic questions, such as whether these personalities even existed, when they lived and what was their life story. I will also try to summarize the available information about some of the other saints in order to illustrate how the order presented itself through personalities who were able to influence the general public’s opinion at the time. The study will have two parts: the first one, which will outline basic information about the saints from the Kingdom of Hungary, and the second one, which will focus on the Kingdom of Hungary saints who belonged to the Augustinian order.

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