A Rákóczi-kultusz egyik szimbolikus helyének felkeresése: az 1903. évi Rákóczi-zarándoklat Rodostóba
A visit to a symbolic place of the Rákóczi cult: the 1903 Rákóczi pilgrimage to Rodostó (Tekirdağ)

Summary/Abstract: Ferenc Rákóczi II, Prince of Transylvania, was the first hero of Hungarian national independence at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. In the early years of the 20th century, after decades of social and political struggle, the transportation of the prince’s body from his original burial place in Constantinople to Hungary came within reach. Until that happened, the prince’s tomb was visited several times and for various purposes by Hungarian historians, politicians, religious leaders, and public figures. These visits became known as the Rákóczi pilgrimages; the most significant among them being the pilgrimage of 1903. It involved important rituals informed by cultic attitudes: visiting the tomb of a saint, participating in cultic ceremonies, and collecting relics. The event was one of the most important modern pilgrimages of the early 20th century, with historical roots dating back to the early modern period.

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