10 Euro Ján Chryzostom Korec

Reverse

The reverse shows a portrait of Cardinal Korec. On the left side are the stylised letters ‘PV’, referring to the reverse designer Peter Valach. Inscribed along the edge from the upper left to the centre right are the name ‘JÁN CHRYZOSTOM KOREC’ and, after a medial dot, the dates of his birth and death ‘1924–2015’. A semicircular line separates the inscription and portrait.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PV
JÁN CHRYZOSTOM KOREC • 1924–2015

Engraver: Dalibor Schmidt

Designer: Peter Valach

Edge

Lettered

Script: Latin

Lettering: • TRPITEĽ ZA VIERU • JÁN CHRYZOSTOM KARDINÁL KOREC

Translation: Sufferer for the Faith • JÁN CHRYZOSTOM CARDINAL KOREC

Comment

Ján Chryzostom Cardinal Korec (22 January 1924 – 24 October 2015) was born in Bošany, near Nitra. In 1939 he entered the Society of Jesus. Following the suppression of religious orders under the communist regime in Czechoslovakia, he had to return to civilian life. In secret, he was ordained a priest in 1950 and a bishop in 1951. Prohibited from publicly exercising his episcopal ministry, he worked as a labourer while serving as a leader of the underground Church. He was imprisoned for several years for his religious activities among students. His keen spiritual insight stood out in a wide range of published works. Although his focus was on spiritual literature, he also wrote about the difficulties of religious life in Slovakia. In January 1990 he became rector of the Seminary of Ss Cyril and Methodius in Bratislava, and the following month Pope John Paul II named him Bishop of Nitra. On 28 June 1991 the Pope made him a cardinal. He is buried at St Emmeram’s Cathedral, Nitra.

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