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The tomb of Abraham of Bodon

Cemeteries, tombstones, grave sites

Ábrahám Bodon (1810-1871), landowner, reform-era parliamentarian, editor, literary translator, attorney general, and chief guardian of the Reformed diocese, was born in Gömörmihályfalva and is buried here. ; He completed his lower schooling in Sárospatak and his law degree in Losonc. He participated in the 1840 reform parliament in the group of parliamentary youth. Here he became friends with Lajos Kossuth, from whom Bodon took over the editing of the handwritten Parliamentary Reports during his imprisonment, between 1842 and 1847. ; In the center of the village, on the hillside behind the houses on the main street, we find the beautiful cemetery with a park. Bodon's eclectic-style cast iron tombstone, standing on a low marble pedestal, imitates a building with a double-pitched roof that tapers in steps upwards. A Gothic meter runs along the bottom of the tombstone, written in circles. Above it, a longer text, composed of letters cast positively in a square mirror, commemorates the deceased.

Inscription/symbol:

“Ábrahám Bodon / 1811–1871 / He was wise and gentle, learned and modest, his mind and heart were useful, good and noble. If loving one’s homeland is a virtue: He is worthy of the name virtuous. He is mourned with a heavy heart, as if he were the good of the good. The church mourned the people’s... business man, his sincere bosom was the friend of relatives. The faithful hand of science and law, the worker. But the deepest, most serious is the sorrow, Which overflows on the faithful heart of his widow”

Inventory number:

3691

Collection:

Repository

Municipality:

Gömörmihályfalva, Mihályfalva   (A falu temetőjében)