K otázke vplyvu protestantizmu na kult svätcov sakrálnych stavieb na príklade dvoch susedných lokalít (v meste Krupina a obci Žibritov)
On the Influence of Protestantism on the Cult of Saints in Sacral Buildings, Using the Example of Two Neighbouring Cites (the Town of Kru¬pina and the Village of Žibritov)

Summary/Abstract: The counties (comitatus) of Hont and Zvolen – Hungarian administrative historical regions – were affected by the reformation as early as in the first third of the 16th century. As time went on, a number of urban and rural parishes, or initially clerical estates, passed into the hands of Protestant landlords and the residents changed their religious denomination accordingly. The original Catholic churches – built in the majority of these places and having a particular patron – lost their character of places of worship. The cult of the church´s patron saints deteriorated or was ignored. In some localities, it ceased to exist, was transformed or completely changed. In some places, the Catholic landlords regained possession of Protestant communities (Lutherans). This fact could have had and in some cases it surely had an impact on the revival of the same or a different cult. The paper deals with this issue, using the example of sacral buildings of two neighbouring sites, namely the town of Krupina and the village of Žibritov. The author of this paper observes that Protestants did not have any direct influence on the change of patrociniums. It is only possible to talk about an indirect influence (in terms of slipping quietly into oblivion, ignorance or a total absence in documents). Changes in patrociniums or multiple modifications of inventory in the sacral buildings (altars) were only possible due to the recatholisation efforts of the administrator in the parish of Krupina (the parish priest) and the landlord in the village of Žibritov (the Koháry family).

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