Sztropkó – a felső-magyarországi reformáció ismeretlen fejezete

Abstract

Stropkov – An Unknown Chapter of the Upper Hungarian Reformation

The history of the Reformation in the Upper Zemplin town of Stropkov has remained outside the interest of history and church history. Nevertheless, Stropkov was Protestant for several decades. The establishment of the Reformation in the town was made possible by the lordship of Peter and Gábor Perényi in the second third of the 16^th century. The existence of a Reformed parish is evidenced by three mentions from the late 16^th and early 17^th centuries. The Protestant period in the history of Stropkov ended with a change of landlords when János Pethő of Gerse became the owner of the entire estate. Baron István Pethő invited Franciscans from Poland to the town, who re-Catholicized Stropkov in a short time. The town, along with the estate, thus became the first re-Catholicized area in the Zemplin region and one of the first in the whole of Upper Hungary.