Basilica facade

Jesus Christ’s words “EGO SUM VIA VERITAS ET VITA” (“I am the way, the truth and the life”) are to be read on the facade.Pediment statues are those of Virgin Mary with the Infant Jesus in her lap, flanked with the group of Hungarian kings and saints. Tower niches hold figures of the four occidental Fathers of the Church: St. Ambrose, St. Jerome, St. Augustine and St. Gregory the Great. Recesses in the drum frame sitting figures of the four Evangelists facing the four cardinal points of direction. A group of large figures of Jesus Christ and the twelve apostles, of statues by Leó Feszler, is to be found on the front gallery of the east side. Over the Apostle’s Gate by Ödön Szamovolszky, the porch is marked by a marble tondo, shaped by Károly Senyei, of the patron saint of the church. The semicircular mosaic with Christ enthroned on clouds is a work of art by Mór Thán. A templom előcsarnokában Szamovolszky Ödön Apostol kapuja fölött látható a Bazilika névadó szentjének márványtondója, amelyet Senyei Károly mintázott meg. A félköríves mozaik Thán Mór alkotása, a felhőkön trónoló Megváltóval.