Premonstratensian Church (Košice)
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The Premonstratensian church (Slovak: Premonštrátny kostol), initially Jesuit church (Slovak: Jezuitský kostol), is the most valuable Baroque object of Košice, Slovakia, especially notable for its interior.
It the Middle Ages, the Royal House (a seat of the Royal Chamber), stood on the site of the present church. The Captain Andrew Dóczi established there a dwelling and a chapel for Jesuits in the Protestant town at the beginning of the Recatholization. They were tortured to death in the night of 6-7 September 1619 by soldiers of George I Rákóczi, the father of the Prince of Transylvania George II Rákóczi. They are now known as the Martyrs of Košice (Marek Križin, Melicher Grodecký and Štefan Pongrác).
The bestial murder of the Jesuits shocked the town. All the Rákóczi ladies in fear of God’s anger tried to achieve a pardon for the family. The wife of George II Rákóczi purchased the land for the construction of a church for the Jesuits inspired by the famous Church of the Gesù in Rome. The church was finished in 1681. In 1811 it was given to the Premonstratensians. Today, the church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity.
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