: ''For other universities with similar names, see Pázmáneum (disambiguation)'' The Pázmáneum (in

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Collegium Pazmanianum) is a university in

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, founded in 1619 by

Péter Pázmány Péter Pázmány de Panasz, S.J. ( hu, panaszi Pázmány Péter, ; la, Petrus Pazmanus; german: Peter Pazman; sk, Peter Pázmaň; 4 October 1570 – 19 March 1637), was a Hungarian Jesuit who was a noted philosopher, theologian, cardina ...

as a

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for Hungarian theological candidates, and it was confirmed by

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in December 1623.

History

In 1618, Péter Pázmány, Archbishop of Esztergom purchased a Viennese building for the Pázmáneum with his own personal funds. He signed the institute's founding document in January 1619. However, due to the war between

Gabriel Bethlen Gabriel Bethlen ( hu, Bethlen Gábor; 15 November 1580 – 15 November 1629) was Prince of Transylvania from 1613 to 1629 and Duke of Opole from 1622 to 1625. He was also King-elect of Hungary from 1620 to 1621, but he never took control of th ...

and Ferdinand II, the opening of the Pázmáneum was delayed until May 1624. In March 1901,

Franz Joseph Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I (german: Franz Joseph Karl, hu, Ferenc József Károly, 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 2 December 1848 until his ...

visited the institute. After the First World War, the disintegration of the

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created a peculiar situation for the Pázmáneum, as Hungarian students found it difficult to get to Vienna from across the border. In October 1971, Cardinal

József Mindszenty József Mindszenty (; 29 March 18926 May 1975) was a Hungarian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Esztergom and leader of the Catholic Church in Hungary from 1945 to 1973. According to the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', ...

came to the Pázmáneum, where he spent the last years of his life. It was from here that he began his pastoral visits which he tirelessly pursued up until his death. Many people called on Mindszenty in the Pázmáneum: on several occasions he was visited by Cardinal

Franz König Franz König (3 August 1905 – 13 March 2004) was an Austrian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of Vienna from 1956 to 1985, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958. The last surviving cardinal elevated by Pope John ...

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, the apostolic nuncio, and

Otto von Habsburg Otto von Habsburg (german: Franz Joseph Otto Robert Maria Anton Karl Max Heinrich Sixtus Xaver Felix Renatus Ludwig Gaetan Pius Ignatius, hu, Ferenc József Ottó Róbert Mária Antal Károly Max Heinrich Sixtus Xaver Felix Renatus Lajos Gaetan ...

. At the end of April 1975, weak and sick, he returned from a long South American pastoral trip. On 6 May he was taken for life-saving surgery to the Brothers of Mercy Hospital in Vienna, where he died.

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