Why pilgrims come
A sacred place worth the journey.
Hungary's primatial cathedral and the burial place of Venerable József Mindszenty, reinterred here in 1991. St. John Paul II prayed at his grave that year, and an annual Mindszenty pilgrimage continues; the record uses his current canonical title rather than calling him canonized.
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The pilgrim’s guide
What makes this visit meaningful
Enter Hungary's primatial church, descend to Mindszenty's grave, and connect a monumental cathedral with twentieth-century Catholic resistance.
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Hungary's primatial see
Read the cathedral as a national ecclesial center.
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Mindszenty's grave
Pray where pilgrims remember the confessor under Communism.
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St. John Paul II in 1991
Connect the papal prayer with the continuing annual pilgrimage.
Feasts, anniversaries & celebrations
Mindszenty PilgrimageUsually held in early May; verify the current archdiocesan program.
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