János Zádori


János Zádori was a Hungarian Ecclesiastical writer.

Early life and education

He was born in Katloez, county of Neutra in Hungary.
He studied at the Pazmaneum of the University of Vienna. His favourite branches were modern languages, literature, and the natural sciences. Ordained as a priest in December 1854, he was chaplain at Balassagyarmat for ten years.
From 1864 to the end of his life he taught dogmatic theology at the archiepiscopal seminary at Gran. He was a member of the metropolitan chapter and a domestic prelate of Leo XIII. He declined an appointment to the See of Neusohl. From 1870-1886 he edited the theological magazine "Uj magyar Sion".

Death

He died in 1887 in Esztergom.

Works

Thirty-eight of his works have appeared in print, among them some of a devotional character and memorial sermons including one on Count Stephen Széchényi.
His principal works are: A társadolom alapoloci, Budapest, 1864 in which he develops the ideas of Lacordaire and others against modern errors.
"Utivázlatok Oloszorszagbol", Budapest 1867.
A rimai katakombák, with 19 plates, Budapest 1868.
"Spanyol út", Budapest 1868.
IX Pius pápa élete, Gran 1869.
"A Jesus Szive ajtatossázanak története, mivolta, hittani alapja", Gran 1878.
"Szus Mária szeplötelen sivének", Gran 1879.
Szent Peter ket levele, Budapest, 1881, for which he received great praise from the theological faculty at Gran.
"Syntagma theologiae fundamentalis", Gran 1882.