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Pomegranate Pharmacy History Museum
The pharmacy of the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God opened in 1769 and became known under the name of Misericordianorum, later Pomegranate and it functioned until recently. At the beginning the pharmacy served only the hospital and it consisted of two rooms: the officina and the pharmacist’s cell. Later the following spaces were added: the kitchen, i.e. the lab, the aquarium, a storage room in the basement for medicinal fluids, a storage room upstairs and a herbarium in the attic.
The Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God settled in Oradea in the fall of 1760, in the time of Bishop Ádám Patachich, after canon György Gyöngyösy from Poroszló left 25 thousand forints in his will for the establishment of a hospital serving the sick poor. The first building to be erected on the property of the order was the Guardian Angels dedicated chapel in 1753. Its elliptical dome makes it one of the distinctive structures of Hungarian architecture.
Joao Ciudad was born on March 8th, 1495 in Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal and was canonized by the Catholic Church in 1690 as John of God. Moved by a sermon by John of Ávila, the protector of the sick poor and the needy, John of God was converted at the age of 42 and founded his first hospital in Granada, Spain. 36 years after the death of the founder, Pope Sixtus V canonized the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God and the Rule of Saint Augustine was adopted to govern the caregivers’ conduct.
The current neoclassic furniture of the pharmacy was made by Christianus Heinricher, the new carpenter of the order. The baroque wall clock of the officina dates back to 1768. It was a donation from the monastery of the order in Vienna. The design of the officina was inspired by Greco-Roman mythology. The vaulted ceiling mural depicts Hygieia, the goddess of health and cleanliness, surrounded by putti.
In 1763 the three-bay, multi-storey monastery was built perpendicular to the church. The opening ceremony of the hospital took place on the feast of Guardian Angels, August 30th, 1767.
Joao Ciudad was born on March 8th, 1495 in Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal and was canonized by the Catholic Church in 1690 as John of God. Moved by a sermon by John of Ávila, the protector of the sick poor and the needy, John of God was converted at the age of 42 and founded his first hospital in Granada, Spain. 36 years after the death of the founder, Pope Sixtus V canonized the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God and the Rule of Saint Augustine was adopted to govern the caregivers’ conduct.
The Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God settled in Oradea in the fall of 1760, in the time of Bishop Ádám Patachich, after canon György Gyöngyösy from Poroszló left 25 thousand forints in his will for the establishment of a hospital serving the sick poor. The first building to be erected on the property of the order was the Guardian Angels dedicated chapel in 1753. Its elliptical dome makes it one of the distinctive structures of Hungarian architecture.
In 1763 the three-bay, multi-storey monastery was built perpendicular to the church.
The opening ceremony of the hospital took place on the feast of Guardian Angels, August 30th, 1767.
The pharmacy of the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God opened in 1769 and became known under the name of Misericordianorum, later Pomegranate and it functioned until recently. At the beginning the pharmacy served only the hospital and it consisted of two rooms: the officina and the pharmacist’s cell. Later the following spaces were added: the kitchen, i.e. the lab, the aquarium, a storage room in the basement for medicinal fluids, a storage room upstairs and a herbarium in the attic.
The current neoclassic furniture of the pharmacy was made by Christianus Heinricher, the new carpenter of the order. The baroque wall clock of the officina dates back to 1768. It was a donation from the monastery of the order in Vienna. The design of the officina was inspired by Greco-Roman mythology. The vaulted ceiling mural depicts Hygieia, the goddess of health and cleanliness, surrounded by putti.
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The pharmacy of the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God opened in 1769 and became known under the name of Misericordianorum, later Pomegranate and it functioned until recently. At the beginning the pharmacy served only the hospital and it consisted of two rooms: the officina and the pharmacist’s cell. Later the following spaces were added: the kitchen, i.e. the lab, the aquarium, a storage room in the basement for medicinal fluids, a storage room upstairs and a herbarium in the attic.
The Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God settled in Oradea in the fall of 1760, in the time of Bishop Ádám Patachich, after canon György Gyöngyösy from Poroszló left 25 thousand forints in his will for the establishment of a hospital serving the sick poor. The first building to be erected on the property of the order was the Guardian Angels dedicated chapel in 1753. Its elliptical dome makes it one of the distinctive structures of Hungarian architecture.
Joao Ciudad was born on March 8th, 1495 in Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal and was canonized by the Catholic Church in 1690 as John of God. Moved by a sermon by John of Ávila, the protector of the sick poor and the needy, John of God was converted at the age of 42 and founded his first hospital in Granada, Spain. 36 years after the death of the founder, Pope Sixtus V canonized the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God and the Rule of Saint Augustine was adopted to govern the caregivers’ conduct.
The current neoclassic furniture of the pharmacy was made by Christianus Heinricher, the new carpenter of the order. The baroque wall clock of the officina dates back to 1768. It was a donation from the monastery of the order in Vienna. The design of the officina was inspired by Greco-Roman mythology. The vaulted ceiling mural depicts Hygieia, the goddess of health and cleanliness, surrounded by putti.
In 1763 the three-bay, multi-storey monastery was built perpendicular to the church. The opening ceremony of the hospital took place on the feast of Guardian Angels, August 30th, 1767.