100 photos from 21 countries
a selection from thousands of Saint Elizabeth illustrations

 Saint Elizabeth is the world's best known and most loved Hungarian and European "diplomat" of faith, solidarity and responsibility. For eight centuries, she has been working tirelessly on her diplomatic mission without being asked or commissioned to do so, as the sun shines upon us...
 This beautiful album provides an unparalleled overview of her presence in art. The reproductions proceed in chronological order. It should be noted that it is not the masterpieces of the history of art that have been selected here – although some of them are indeed present in this volume – nor even the material held by museums, but rather those lesser-known works of art which can be seen in churches.
 The accompanying study, the selection of the pictures and their description was prepared by Professor Mária Prokopp, the distinguished art historian of Loránd Eötvös University in Budapest. This album springs from the idea and work of István Golarits, an excellent Hungarian photographer living in Switzerland, who is not only a photographer but also a graphic artist and an organ-builder. It is the result of his dedication that the hundreds of photos made by him over the years provide such a deep insight into the cult of Saint Elizabeth – a continuous celebration of a saint loved in the past and today, in Europe and overseas. This very special album contains a careful selection of 100 Saint Elizabeth-illustrations from 21 European countries, dating from the 1230s till the present.
 In the cult of her universal veneration, the text may be read in four languages: English, German, Italian and Hungarian.