The Pauline Order
In the middle ages hermits were living in Jakab hill.
Bishop
Bartholmeus of Pécs gave them regulation and built them a
monastery
on Jakab hill in the 13th century. Later, beatus Eusebius
(Özséb)
of Esztergom visited the hermits and united them with those
living
in Pilis hill in Hungary. The Pope approved the new Order in
1262.
Thus the St.Paul Order of Hermits became the only
monastic order of hungarian foundation. The Order reached its
golden age in the 15th century, having almost 200 monasteries
in
Hungary and all over Europe. However, upon the turkish invasion
of
Hungary the Order collapsed. Today the center of the Pauline
monks
is located in Poland.
The Pauline Monastery
The Monastery on Jakab hill, which was the Paulines'
mother-monastery was left by the monks after the turkish
invasion
of Hungary in 1526. The Paulines returned after the turks
were
expelled, but they did not live like hermits any longer. They
founded a secular parish and a (still existing) high school
in
Pécs. However, the monastery in Jakab hill was demolished in
1819
for "...not to be den of marauders..."
Since the terrain is nature reserve, everyone is asked
to
take care of the environment, especially the wall remnants!