Zázračný obraz Panny Márie Trnavskej – medzi religiozitou a spoločensko-politickou revoltou
| Pages | 25–34 |
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| DOI | 10.37520/amnph.2022.004 |
| Keywords | Marian veneration, pilgrimage, religiosity, miracle, dynamics of tradition |
| Citation | BOCÁNOVÁ, Martina. Zázračný obraz Panny Márie Trnavskej – medzi religiozitou a spoločensko-politickou revoltou. Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae – Historia. Prague: National Museum, 2022, 76(1-2), 25–34. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37520/amnph.2022.004. ISSN 2570-6845 (print), 2570-6853 (online). Also available from: https://publikace.nm.cz/en/periodicals/acta-musei-nationalis-pragae-historia/76-1-2/zazracny-obraz-panny-marie-trnavskej-medzi-religiozitou-a-spolocensko-politickou-revoltou |
The study deals with the manifestations of veneration that are connected with the miraculous image of the Virgin Mary of Trnava, which is located in the Basilica of Saint Nicholas in Trnava, and the activities associated with it. The image is a copy of a depiction of the Virgin Mary in the Byzantine style which is located in Rome in the Church of Saints Alexius and Boniface. It was brought to Trnava by the Archbishop of Esztergom Ferenc Forgách in 1585. The cult of worshipping the miraculous image is linked to the dramatic historical events surrounding the Turkish invasion and the swift advance of the invaders on Nové Zámky, Nitra, Levice and Novohrad in 1663. This year, according to witnesses, tears of blood and blood-tinged sweat appeared on the painting. The same miraculous phenomenon occurred again in 1708. Over time, the painting became an object of devotional veneration and a pilgrimage site. Pilgrimages continued in certain periods of history, the 20th century being a specific example. Interest in public displays of religiosity varied, but it became significantly more problematic in the 1950s and 1960s when control and personal repression of participants by the state authorities occurred. In the 1980s, participation in the novena was perceived as an expression of political revolt. The paper traces the transformation of the nature of the pilgrimage from a religious event associated with a miracle to a demonstration of political and social dissent and its present form in which concerns about the disappearance of the religious symbol and its message resonate, to a certain degree, with the commercialisation of the event.
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