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The world’s first public triptych in Hungary
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According to origo.hu, Cardinal József Mindszenty’s and Antal Pálinkás-Pallavicini’s (who died as a martyr in the reprisal after 1956) joint memorial is to be set up in Rétság, Nógrád County. The inauguration will be on the 30th of October.
Besides the figures of Mindszenty and Pálinkás-Pallavicini, an altar is also part of the memorial, thus making it the world’s first public triptych. The maquette of the memorial was presented last Tuesday.
József Mindszenty was held captive in Felsőpetény, close to Rétság, by the National Defence Authority. During the days of the 1956 revolution, the guards left the cardinal alone on the 30th of October. He was taken to the ironclad barrack in Rétság for the sake of his safety, and then to Budapest with a military cortege at the request of the revolutionary government.
Mindszenty was welcomed by Antal Pálinkás-Pallavicini in the barrack, who then escorted him to the episcopal palace in Buda the next day. This is why after the revolution he was first sentenced for life imprisonment, and then to death. He was executed in 1957.
