Tihany Abbey

Tihany Abbey
Monastery information
Order	Benedictine
Established	1055
Dedicated to	1763 (current church)
Diocese	Veszprém
People
Founder(s)	Andrew I of Hungary
Site
Location	Tihany, Veszprém County, Hungary

The Tihany Abbey is a Benedictine monastery established in Tihany in the Kingdom of Hungary in 1055. Its patrons are the Virgin Mary and Saint Aignan of Orleans.

Foundation

The Benedictine monastery in Tihany was established in 1055 by King Andrew I of Hungary (r. 1046–1060).^[1] It was dedicated to the Holy Virgin and to Saint Bishop Aignan of Orleans.^[1] King Andrew was buried in the church of the monastery in 1060.^[2] His tomb in the crypt of the church is the only grave of a medieval King of Hungary which has been preserved up until now.^[2]

The church's ceiling is decorated with frescoes by Károly Lotz, depicting Faith, Hope and Love.

Gallery

References

^ ^a ^b Csóka & Koszta 1994, p. 675.
^ ^a ^b Berend, Laszlovszky & Szakács 2007, p. 148.

Sources

Berend, Nora; Laszlovszky, József; Szakács, Béla Zsolt (2007). "The kingdom of Hungary". In Berend, Nora (ed.). Christianization and the Rise of Christian Monarchy: Scandinavia, Central Europe and Rus', c.900-1200. Cambridge University Press. pp. 319–368. ISBN 978-0-521-87616-2.
Csóka, Gáspár; Koszta, László (1994). "Tihany". In Kristó, Gyula; Engel, Pál; Makk, Ferenc (eds.). Korai magyar történeti lexikon (9-14. század) [=Encyclopedia of the Early Hungarian History (9th-14th centuries)] (in Hungarian). Akadémiai Kiadó. pp. 675–676. ISBN 963-05-6722-9.