Agria 43. (Az Egri Múzeum Évkönyve - Annales Musei Agriensis, 2007)

Lukács László: Óvjad jégtől, csapásoktól gyümölcsünket, szőlőnket… Szent Donát tisztelete

second Friday in July. After a break of more than a four decades Eger's St Donatus celebrations came back to life with the erection of a St Donatus statue in the Donát dűlő in 1999. On the second Sunday in July the Eger Bull's Blood Celebrations are held at the statue. A faithful copy of the statue of St Donatus that was put up in Gyöngyös in 1759 can now be found in the Outdoor Ethnographical Museum in Szentendre, where it forms part of the Upland Wine-Producing Market Town theme area. It is interesting to note that the feast day of St Donatus is celebrated on two different days: August 7

th in Székesfehérvár and Csókakő and July 14

th in Budafok, with Eger celebrating on the second Sunday in July. The explanation lies in the Roman martyrology, where August 7

th marks the martyrdom Donatus shared with the monk Hilarinus, while July 16

th was the date their bodies were taken to Ostia. It is on account of their joint martyrdom that Saint Donatus's death is also commemorated on this day. 325