Prohászka László: Polish Monuments - Our Budapest (Budapest, 2001)

The Well of the Paulines

side is made of unvarnished ceramics and represents the reliquary bust of Győr. The bilingual inscription below reads: In honour of the guardian saint of the Polish community of Hungary / Saint Ladislas / 26 June 1999 / National Council of the Polish Minority. The one on the right is composed of varnished ceramics and depicts a frontal view of Saint Ladislas, holding a church with his left hand. An inscription in Hungarian and Croatian reads: Erected by the Croatian Council of Kőbánya / as a tribute to / the memory of / King Saint Ladislas / initiator of the eight-century- long Hungarian-Croatian state alliance / and founder of the episcopacy of Zagreb. 1999.

In addition to these, other representations of Saint Ladislas can be found in almost all churches in Budapest.

On 8 October 1916, Prince-Primate János Csernoch consecrated Peace Well (also known as the Pauline Monks’ Well), a sculptural composition by Miklós Ligeti, on the small hexagonal square surrounded by

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