Pázmáneum (other)
Pázmáneum is a university in Vienna founded as a theological seminary by Péter Pázmány in 1623. Pázmány Péter University or Pazmaneum may also refer to * Pázmány Péter Catholic University, founded in Hungary in 1635. It is the legal successor of part of the school founded by Péter Pázmány in Nagyszombat * Eötvös Loránd University, the legal successor of the rest of the Nagyszombat university, also known as the University of Budapest, and Royal Hungarian Pázmány Péter University from 1921 to 1950 * Several different educational institutions founded by Archbishop Péter Pázmány Péter Pázmány de Panasz, S.J. (, ; ; ; ; 4 October 1570 – 19 March 1637), was a Hungarian Jesuit who was a noted philosopher, theologian, cardinal, pulpit orator and statesman. He was an important figure in the Counter-Reformation ...

Pázmáneum
: ''For other universities with similar names, see Pázmáneum (other)'' The Pázmáneum (in Latin Collegium Pazmanianum) is a university in Vienna, founded in 1619 by Péter Pázmány as a seminary for Hungarian theological candidates, and it was confirmed by Pope Urban VIII in December 1623. History In 1618, Péter Pázmány, Archbishop of Esztergom purchased a Viennese building for the Pázmáneum with his personal funds. He signed the institute's founding document in January 1619. However, due to the war between Gabriel Bethlen and Ferdinand II, the opening of the Pázmáneum was delayed until May 1624. In March 1901, Franz Joseph visited the institute. After the First World War, the disintegration of Austria-Hungary 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 came to the Pázmáneum, where he spent the last years of his life. It ...
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Pázmány Péter Catholic University
Pázmány Péter Catholic University (PPKE) ( (''PPKE'')) is a private university in and near Budapest, Hungary, belonging to the Catholic Church in Hungary, Catholic Church and recognized by the state. While PPKE takes its name after an institution founded in 1635, it forms a modern, split-off limb from one of Hungary's oldest and most prestigious List of universities and colleges in Hungary, institutions of higher education, that has expanded further in the second half of the 20th century. The Faculty of Theology was established by archbishop Péter Pázmány, as part of a new university, in Trnava, Nagyszombat, the Kingdom of Hungary (today Trnava, Slovakia) in 1635 (the original university church is now the St. John the Baptist Cathedral (Trnava), Cathedral of Trnava). This university was transferred to the present-day Budapest in 1777 and named after Pázmány in 1921. In 1950, the university was renamed to Eötvös Loránd University, but in the same year, the government ...
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Eötvös Loránd University
Eötvös Loránd University (, ELTE, also known as ''University of Budapest'') is a Hungarian public research university based in Budapest. Founded in 1635, ELTE is one of the largest and most prestigious public higher education institutions in Hungary. The 28,000 students at ELTE are organized into nine faculties, and into research institutes located throughout Budapest and on the scenic banks of the Danube. ELTE is affiliated with 5 Nobel laureates, as well as winners of the Wolf Prize, Fulkerson Prize and Abel Prize, the latest of which was Abel Prize winner László Lovász in 2021. The predecessor of Eötvös Loránd University was founded in 1635 by Cardinal Péter Pázmány in Nagyszombat, Kingdom of Hungary (today Trnava, Slovakia) as a Catholic university for teaching theology and philosophy. In 1770, the university was transferred to Buda. It was named Royal University of Pest until 1873, then University of Budapest until 1921, when it was renamed Royal Hungarian Pá ...
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