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The Baroque church of S\u00e2ndominic (Cs\u00edkszentdomokos), the northernmost village of the Ciuc (Cs\u00edk) Basin, is where \u00c1ron M\u00e1rton, Bishop of Transylvania, was baptised. Pilgrims coming to his native village will also find a memorial museum and a pilgrimage centre next to the church.<\/strong><\/p>\n

S\u00e2ndominic is first mentioned in charters in 1567, but it takes its name from a much older church dedicated to St Dominic. Its memory is preserved by the Romanesque stone door frames built into the present building and by the \u00c1rp\u00e1d-era stone baptismal font and holy-water stoup. During archaeological research in 2006, the foundations of a 15th-century Gothic church were also uncovered beneath the present floor.<\/p>\n

The present Baroque church was built between 1795 and 1802 and dedicated to St Dominic; in 1813 it was surrounded by a stone wall with three gate bastions. The late Gothic statue of the Madonna on the altar comes from the medieval church. A fragment of a winged altarpiece and a panel painting \u2013 interpreted by some as the Holy Trinity and by others as Christ as priest, prophet and king \u2013 are now kept in the Sz\u00e9kely Museum of Ciuc. The church was fully restored between 1999 and 2009.<\/p>\n

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\u00c1ron M\u00e1rton was born in S\u00e2ndominic on 28 August 1896 and baptised in this church. As Bishop of Alba Iulia (Gyulafeh\u00e9rv\u00e1r) he stood firmly by his Church and his faithful even under the communist dictatorship: he was arrested in 1949, imprisoned for years and then kept under house arrest from 1957 to 1967. On 18 December 2024 Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtues. A wrought-metal relief portrait of the bishop can be seen on the outer wall of the church.<\/p>\n

In the former Catholic school next to the church, which the bishop himself attended, the \u00c1ron M\u00e1rton Museum opened in 2010, presenting the history of 20th-century Transylvania through his life. In 2021 the \u00c1ron M\u00e1rton Pilgrimage Centre opened in the village, and a statue was erected in his honour on the centenary of his birth.<\/p>\n

Visiting:<\/strong> S\u00e2ndominic lies at the northern end of Upper Ciuc (Felcs\u00edk); the church, surrounded by its bastioned stone wall, stands in the village centre, right next to the \u00c1ron M\u00e1rton Museum. It is worth checking the opening arrangements of the museum and the pilgrimage centre in advance.<\/p>\n

Sources: Wikipedia<\/a> \u00b7 Archdiocese of Alba Iulia \u2013 Cs\u00edkszentdomokos parish<\/a> \u00b7 Wikipedia \u2013 \u00c1ron M\u00e1rton<\/a> \u00b7 America Magazine \u2013 recognition of heroic virtues (2024)<\/a><\/p>\n

Photo: Pasztilla aka Attila Terb\u00f3cs \/ Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a> \u00b7 Photo: Pasztilla aka Attila Terb\u00f3cs \/ Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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