Bazilika homlokzata

On the main facade, the words of Jesus Christ can be read: “EGO SUM VIA VERITAS ET VITA”, “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life”. The tympanum sculpture group depicts the Virgin Mary with the baby Jesus in her arms, surrounded by Hungarian kings and saints. In the statue niches of the tower, statues of the four Western Church Fathers (Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine and Pope Gregory the Great) can be seen. In the dome drum niches, the seated figures of the four evangelists (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) look towards the four cardinal points. On the facade gallery on the east side, there is a large sculpture group of Jesus Christ and the 12 apostles surrounding him. All of the facade sculptures were made by Leó Feszler. In the vestibule of the church, above the Apostle’s Gate by Ödön Szamovolszky, a marble tondo of the Basilica’s eponymous saint can be seen, modelled by Károly Senyei. The semicircular mosaic is the work of Mór Than, with the Savior enthroned on the clouds.