Budapest Régiségei 37. (2003)
Altmann Júlia - Bertalan Vilmosné - Kárpáti Zoltán: A budai (óbudai) társaskáptalan Péter temploma 39-62
A BUDAI (ÓBUDAI) TÁRSASKÁPTALAN PÉTER TEMPLOMA ST. PETER CHURCH OF THE BUDA (OBUDA) CHAPTER The first church of the Buda (Óbuda) Chapter was dedicated to St Peter. This building was erected by King St Stephen (1000-1038) or King Peter (10381046) according to mediaeval chronicles. The building activity may have been started around 1040, but it has not been finished in 1112. The survived stone architectural elements indicate that construction work could have been over in the second half or in the end of the 12 th century. The church was ravaged in the Mongolian invasion (1241-42). The rebuilding and reconstructing had not been finished in 1321 and went on even in 1380. It was demolished after 1483. Its stone material was partly reused by the bulilding of another church of Óbuda, the Paulist Friary (Bécsi Street 166.) The remains of the St Peter Church were found at Fő Sqare, Budapest III. district. As a result of the excavations and rescue field work a basilica with three naves that had been built on the remains of Roman buildings can be reconstructed, though some details have remained unsolved yet. Its eastern end was a semi-circular apse, whereas its western end porch with two towers: ie. a Westwork. (Figures 2, 2, 3, 4, 9). The full length of the church was 89 metres in the 12 th century. Its full width was 36,5 metres. The apse was 15 metres wide. The nave was 15 metres wide, whereas the aisles were 7-7 metres wide. The foundation of the main walls were 190-200 cm wide whereas the one between the pillars was 130 cm wide. Within the church stone paving was found on plaster base made of 100 x 100 cm stone tiles. (At above 103.9 - 97 metres above sea level.) The floor of the was also made of stone. (At 101.72-77 metres above sea level.) Graves of a cemetery were found to the south of the church. The earliest buildings of the chapter were also on the southern side of the church. 47
