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St. Mary of the Snow Church, Pécs

St. Mary of the Snow Church, Pécs, Catholic church in Pécs, Hungary.

St. Mary of the Snow Church stands alone on the slope of Havihegy above Pécs. Its facade has the entrance at the bottom and a low square tower at the top, crowned since 1780 by a white stone tower with a red dome. The main altar painting is an official copy of the icon in Rome's Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, flanked by wooden statues of Saint Roch and Saint James; the modern altar itself was made in the 1970s.

The church was consecrated in 1697 as a votive chapel after Pécs was struck by plague in 1690–91; residents carried the building material up the steep slope by hand. A fire damaged it in 1711, a bell followed in 1713 and an organ in 1724. After another fire in 1780 the wooden tower was replaced by the white stone tower with a red cupola.

The hill was originally called Kokas-domb and took the name Havihegy from the church's dedication to Havas Boldogasszony (Our Lady of the Snows). The Havihegy pilgrimage and búcsú are held in early August, with the main procession on 5 August, a date tied to the indulgence granted by Pope Gregory XVI in 1844.

The church stands alone on the slope of Havihegy above Pécs; since 2010 the road up the hill has been closed to motor traffic and turned into a walking path. The Piéta cross by Mihály Bartalits (1878) stands south of the church, and a crucifix by György Kiss dates from 1900. The pilgrimage and búcsú are held in early August, with the main procession on 5 August.

The church's name references a legendary 352 snowfall in Rome that supposedly marked where a basilica honoring Mary should be built. This surprising connection between a Roman event and a Hungarian church reveals how local religious buildings draw from wider Christian stories.

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