Šamorin Roman Catholic church
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| Šamorin Roman Catholic church | |
| Somorjai Romai Katolikus templom | |
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A Roman Catholic church in Šamorín
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| Country |  Slovakia |
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| Region | Trnava |
| District | Dunajská Streda |
| Elevation | 130 m (427 ft) |
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| Founded | 1778 |
   Location of Šamorín in Slovakia
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  Location of Šamorín in the Trnava Region
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| Wikimedia Commons: Šamorín | |
| Statistics: MOŠ/MIS | |
| Website: http://www.samorin.sk | |
Roman Catholic church is the most important church in Šamorín.
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[edit] Geography
The church is located in the middle of town near all significant buildings.
[edit] History
Roman - Catholic Church with Paulin's monastery - creates a whole. It was built in late-baroque style in 1778 by J. G. Altenburg. This church has got a single-nave hall with segmental breech of presbyter and barrel-vault with groins. Facade of the church is divided by pilasters. The portal with profiled chambranle has got thin pilasters with a volute on a sett. This sett is based on these pilasters and it is also finished by cut profiled cornice with a cross. The tower built in to the pinnacle facade is hidden by a ball-shaped polygonal latern. In the inside of the church are fresco paintings by Fr. Sigrist (1778). The interior is designed in late-baroque style and the interspace is solved in a particular way of uniformity. In the western side breech of sacrarium is stucco relief of Godfather. The members of strictly catholic Palffy family, landlords of the town, were convinced to turn local calvinists to the catholic church. The count in 1652 notified the city council, that he is about to build a monastery and that he would like to base the members of the friary of Saint Francis on his property in this area. The king Carl III. on 21st august 1720 accepted activities of Saint Francis' friary in Hungary, so it means the same for the Samorin town. Later on, these monks built in year 1778 their own monastery and church, which was the only one church belonging to the Saint Frances' (Paulin's) friary in Hungarian empire. In school, which was based in the building of monastery, german language was used for teaching in the second half of 18th century.
[edit] References
- The information in this article is based on that in its Slovak equivalent.
[edit] External links
- Official website (Slovak) (Hungarian)
- Vatican: the Holy See – The official website of the Vatican.
- Catholic Hierarchy – Information on Catholic bishops and dioceses.
- The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church – Information on the Cardinals of the Catholic Church.
- Global Catholic Statistics: 1905 and TodayPDF (26.3 KiB) by Albert J. Fritsch, SJ, PhD.
- MassTimes – A comprehensive database of every Catholic Church and Mass in the entire world.
- Catholic Wiki – A wiki site dedicated to the Catholic Church.
