Didák Kelemen
Hungarian Minorite monk, school founder
Who they were
Didák Kelemen was born in 1683 at Baksafalva in Transylvania. He entered the Minorite (Conventual Franciscan) order in 1702, taking the name Didák, and became provincial superior in 1717.
In his lifetime he built churches and schools and cared for orphans and the elderly. He died in Miskolc, Hungary, on 28 April 1744, aged 61. His beatification process, begun by the Bishop of Transylvania in 1794, is still continuing, and the Archdiocese of Eger keeps his memory each year.
The miracles
The Church has not yet approved a miracle in this cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A Minorite friar who built churches and schools and cared for orphans and the elderly.
The cause
Didák Kelemen is named a Servant of God; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Conventual Franciscans: Servant of God Didák Kelemen.
- Archdiocese of Eger (eger.egyhazmegye.hu) - 'Kelemen Didákra emlékeztek Miskolcon', on his memorial day and his continuing beatification process
- Cause of beatification of the Servant of God Didák Sámuel Kelemen OFMConv (Archdiocese of Eger) — Hungarian Minorite (1683-1744), founder of the Miskolc friary and of schools; his cause was taken up by Cardinal Mindszenty in 1972 and the validity of the diocesan inquiry was recognised by the Holy See on 15 June 1990,
- Wikidata Q1106141 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.