Lyceum Church and Monastery, Pecs

The construction of the Lyceum Church and Monastery dates back to the years of 1741 to 1756 when it was erected by the Paulite friars using the stones of a Turkish mosque. The building was abandoned after the Paulite order suppression in 1786. All the furnishings were shared among the churches. In 1832 Bishop Ignác Szepessy founded a school (Lyceum) in the monastery building and reopened the church, to provide religious education and services for the students. When the Elizabeth University of Pozsony (now Bratislava) moved to Pécs, the church was renamed the University Church. In the 1930s the interior of the building was repainted and the modern frescos are the work of Ernő Gebauer, the painter from Pecs. The former Paulite monastery Baroque building was abutted to the church and turned into the secondary school (Széchenyi Gimnázium), but the church itself was restored back to the Paulite order in 1997.