Unitárius mártirológia és kultuszépítés Dávid Ferenc megdicsőülésének történeteiben
Unitarian Martyrology and the Veneration of Dávid Ferenc

Summary/Abstract: The memory of Dávid Ferenc (Francis David) faded out in the 17th and 18th centuries. Under the reformed rulers and later under Habsburg domination, the Unitarian community did not evoke the memory of their church’s founder. The cult of Dávid Ferenc started in the 19th century, and has thrived continuously ever since. During public commemorations speakers often cite poems and epitaphs ascribed to the bishop: he must have written these while imprisoned in the Déva castle. Balázs Mihály (Michael Balázs) (1948–) confirmed that neither the elegy nor the epitaph can be ascribed to Dávid Ferenc. This article proposes that the elegy previously ascribed to Dávid Ferenc (Servivi patriae bis denos impiger annos…) was probably written between 1668 and 1686, and that the author was probably somebody from Christoph Sand’s (1644–1680) circle. The article describes the way the elegy became known amongst 17th century unitarians and in the 20th century how it became ascribed to Dávid Ferenc. The article’s appendix includes the Unitarian Confession printed between 1698–1701 which contains the epitaph that was later ascribed to Dávid Ferenc (Epitaphium ex manuscripto Anonymi cujusdam). The article also includes all the translations of the epitaph.

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