Mórichida

Title

Mórichida

Also Known As

Marickzida, monasterium de Raba, Morich-hida, Moriczhida, Morochyda, Moroczhida, Mororuchida, Morricida, Morricidia, Moruchhida, Mowricida, Pons Mauritii, Pontis, Pontus Mauritii, Raba

Dates

Founded 1251; dissolved 1570s

Dedication

James

Affiliation

Csorna

Medieval Diocese

Győr

Circary

Hungary

History

Mórichida was founded as a house of Premonstratensian brothers in 1251 by Móric II of the Pók kindred. Its medieval history is obscure. By ca. 1530 it appears to have become a community of Premonstratensian sisters.

The community was dissolved in the 1570s. From the early 17th century, a group of Poor Clares occupied the monastic complex. The former priory church now serves as a parish church. It was restored in the 1930s and again in the 1990s.

Heads of Community

Priors

Simon, fl. 1370
Benedictus I, fl. 1377
Johannes, 1390-1420
Albertus, fl. 1436
Paulus, fl. 1455
Petrus, fl. 1464
Nicolaus, fl. 1489
Benedictus II, fl. 1516

Prioresses

Margareta Zólyomi, fl. 1553

Status

Priory; women's community

Bibliography

Lászay, Judit, and Géza Galavics. Árpás-Mórichida: Szent Jakab apostol plébániatemplom. Tájak-Korok-Múzeumok Kiskönyvtára 663. Budapest: TKM Egyesület, 2000.

Rómer, Flóris. Árpás és a móriczhidai Szent Jakabról címzett prépostság története. Pest: Aigner - Rautmann, 1869. https://mek.oszk.hu/15000/15057.

Image Credit

Aerial view of church, 2014. Wikimedia.

Files

Collection

Hungary

Citation

“Mórichida,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/603.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Csorna