Bíró Szilvia - Székely Zoltán: Arrabona - Múzeumi Közlemények 49/2. (Győr, 2011)
Tanulmányok - Giber Mihály: Egy alig ismert egyházi emlékünk - középkori templom a győri Káptalandombon
ARRABONA 2011. 49/2. TANULMÁNYOK A HARDLY KNOWN ECCLESIASTICAL MONUMENT - A MEDIEVAL CHURCH ON THE KÁPTALANDOMB OF GYŐR During the repaving of the square situated south of the Roman Catholic cathedral in the centre of Győr the walls of a small (13.2 x 6.3m) medieval church were found. The church was built of broad-stones, and it has one nave and a semicircular sanctum ending. The systematic archaeological research of the church was carried out between 1981 and 1983 by the archaeologist Kozák Károly. Under the north-western corner of the church a fragment of a late Roman stone building with terrazzo floor was found that belonged to the fortress of Arrabona. The date of the construction of the church is not known, but the previous dating from the end of the 10th century seems to be erroneous. A more probably dating can be the first half of the 12th century. The gate of the church with orders of arches opened on the northern wall, while the two square pillars found in its western third, which supported a loft, were probably built in the 13th or in the 14th century. Even a tower might have been built on the section over the loft. This church may be identified with the church repeatedly referred to as St. Lazarus Church in the written sources in the period of 1401-1569 and it might have been used from the end of the 13th century as the parish church of the royal people that moved to the castle in 1271. Its earlier function is not known. The next and last rebuilding of the church occurred around 1570. The western wall was demolished and the section of the church was reduced by the construction of a new western facade wall. The northern gate was bricked and a new door was opened in the sanctuary with a scale leading to the interior of the building where a new brick floor was laid. By this time the building had lost its ecclesiastic function. The church was demolished upon a re-planning of the square in the middle of the 18th century. In the interior and along the outer sidewalls some 130 graves were also excavated dating manly from the period of the 14-16th centuries and partly from the 18th century. The restored remains of the church can be seen next to the cathedral. This paper is the first detailed publication of the excavation of this church. Further publications will analyse the finds and the results of the archival researches. Mihály Giber
