Ungvár, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Uzshorod (Ужгород), Ukraine — February 13, 1880
Death data:
USA — 1949 after
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
diocesan
previously: religious
Diocese / Order:
jezsuita (Societas Jesu) → Veszprém
Ordination level:
priest
Entry into religious life:
Nagyszombat, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Trnava, Slovakia — February 13, 1896
Priestly ordination:
Innsbruck, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Austria — July 26, 1910
Other name used:
Martinovics
Biographical data
He entered the Society of Jesus in Nagyszombat on August 13, 1896. After his novitiate, he studied rhetoric for two years in Nagyszombat and then in St. Andrä, after which he served as a tutor in Szatmárnémeti. From 1903 to 1905, he studied philosophy in Pozsony, and then spent two years in Kalocsa as a catechist and language teacher. From 1908 to 1911, he studied theology in Innsbruck, where he was ordained a priest on July 26, 1910. He then completed his third probationary year in Drongen, Belgium. His literary works reveal strong anti-communist and anti-Semitic sentiments. In 1921, he left the Jesuit Order, became a priest in the Diocese of Veszprém, and emigrated to the United States that same year.
Óvószer a liliomhullás ellen. Kalocsa, 1907;
Ateista-e a modern tudomány? Bp., 1916;
Kereszténység és feminizmus. Pécs, 1918;
Modern vallásosság. Pécs, 1918;
Egyház és kultúra. Pécs, 1918;
Egyház és demokrácia. Pécs, 1918;
Úri morál. Pécs, 1918;
Kereszténység és szocializmus. Pécs, 1918;
Papi celibátus. Pécs, 1918;
A zsidókérdés. Pécs, 1918;
Új világ, régi hit. Pécs, 1918;
Komoly szó a munkásokhoz. (Szalontai László néven.) Pécs, 1918;
A páholy gondolatvilága. Pécs, 1919;
Egyház és állam. Pécs, 1919;
Vallás és iskola. Pécs, 1919;
A klérus és a nép. Pécs, 1919;
Vörös kommunizmus. Pécs, 1919.
Martinovich Sándor (SJ), Dr.: personal record. In: Historical directory of Hungarian, Hungarian-descended, and Hungarian-speaking clergy serving abroad. Available at: https://www.diaszporalelkipasztorok.hu/persons_v2/view.php?id=706 (accessed: 2026-07-07).
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