Saint Marko Križevcanin - September 7
Also known as
Marek Križin
Mark Crisin
Mark Crisinus
Marko Krizevcanin
Marko Krizin
Memorial
7 September
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Studied at the Germanicum in Rome, Italy. Priest and canon in the archdiocese of Esztergom, Hungary. Missionary near Košice, Hungary (in modern Slovakia). Arrested by Calvinist troops in 1619, tortured and executed for loyalty to Catholicism. Martyr.
Born
c.1589 in Križevci, Koprivnicko-Križevacka, Croatia
Died
7 September 1619 in Košice, Košický kraj, Hungary (now in Slovakia)
Venerated
6 January 1904 by Pope Pius X (decree of martyrdom)
Beatified
15 January 1905 by Pope Pius X
Canonized
2 July 1995 by Pope John Paul II
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Saint Melichar Grodecký
Also known as
Melichar Grodziecki
Melichar Grondech
Melchior…
Memorial
7 September
Profile
Jesuit priest. Missionary near Košice, Hungary (in modern Slovakia). Arrested by Calvinist troops in 1619, tortured and executed for loyalty to Catholicism. Martyr.
Born
c.1584 in Ceský Tešín, Karviná, Czech Republic
Died
7 September 1619 in Košice, Košický kraj, Hungary (now in Slovakia)
Venerated
6 January 1904 by Pope Pius X (decree of martyrdom
Beatified
15 January 1905 by Pope Pius X
Canonized
2 July 1995 by Pope John Paul II
Stephen Pongracz (Hungarian: Pongrácz István; 1584–1619) was a Hungarian Jesuit priest and martyr who is revered as a saint in the Catholic Church.
Biography
Stephen Pongracz was born in Alvincz Castle in Principality of Transylvania, entered the Society of Jesus in 1602, and studied in Bohemia and Austria. He had been ordained for four years when he was sent to Kassa, Kingdom of Hungary, (today Košice, Slovakia) with fellow Jesuit Melchior Grodziecki.
The two Jesuits were working in small towns when they heard the news that a Calvinist army was marching on Kassa in an attempt to expand the territory of Gabriel Bethlen, prince of Transylvania. The two Jesuits returned to Kassa where they were joined by a diocesan priest, Fr. Marko Krizin. The Transylvanian army took control of the city on 5 September 1619, and immediately confined the three priests to the Jesuit residence. Before dawn on 7 September, soldiers broke into their quarters and demanded that they apostatize and accept Calvinism. When the priests refused to do so, the soldiers began to torture them and finally beheaded them.
The bodies of the martyrs were recovered, after negotiations with Gabriel Bethlen, and were buried in the vicinity of Kassa. In 1636, they were moved to Nagyszombat (today Trnava, Slovakia).
Veneration and canonization
The cause of beatification of the Kassa martyrs began in 1628 and they were beatified on 15 January 1905 by Pope Pius X. Pope John Paul II canonized them on 2 July 1995 in Košice during a pastoral visit to Slovakia. Their feast day is on 7 September, the liturgical calendar of the Jesuit order has an additional feast of the Martyrs of the Reformation in Europe on 19 January.
Stephen Pongracz - Wikipedia

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