Via Sancti Martin

In the territory of today's Hungary, we know of about 50 St. Martin's churches that have been destroyed over the centuries. There are places where the demolished church has been replaced by a new one, in another part of the settlement, also dedicated to Saint Martin (e.g. Hegyhátszentmárton, Vámoscsalád, etc.)

Sometimes the village was destroyed and deserted together with the church. In these cases, the "mere church" survives only in historical records, local traditions or even in geographical names (e.g. Kiskutas - Kutasszentmárton, Vásárosbéc - Béciszentmárton)

Erecting monuments to the old St Martin's churches is not a completely new initiative. A few years ago, for example, the chapel of St. Martin in the castle of Sigligeti was reconstructed, and in Keszthely a memorial will soon be built on the site of the church of St. Martin demolished in the 19th century. 

The village of Varsány in Kemenesalja is now only remembered by its name. In the 15th century, the village between Jánosháza and Duka was one of the most prestigious villages in the area, with a church and a parish priest. Like almost all villages, the village's past is lost in obscurity. The data should be treated with caution, as there were and are several other settlements in the country with the name Varsány. The first mention of Varsány in Kemenesalja probably dates back to the 12th century. In the mid-1300s it was owned by the Bucsai family, and by the end of the century it belonged to Irnosd's son László Varsányi. The first indirect record of the church dates back to 1257, and a few decades later, in 1337, a charter specifically mentions the church of St. Martin of Varsány (Vossyan), which was built of stone and had a tower. From the beginning of the 15th century onwards, the records concerning the church and the settlement multiply. In the late 1500s, Varsany, along with several other villages in the Kemenes region, adopts the Lutheran direction of the Reformation. Gergely Musay mentions its Lutheran mother church in his 1661 visitation. The importance of Varsány declined somewhat in the early 1600s compared to earlier times. Around 1625, some of its inhabitants left because of the worsening serfdom.  Jánosháza becomes the centre of the surrounding area and in 1677 it is listed among the villages belonging to the castle of Jánosháza.  

The village was completely destroyed during the Turkish campaign of 1683, together with several other villages of Kemenesala (Vérkő, Irnosdháza, Eny, etc.).  The church dedicated to Saint Martin was also destroyed.

Varsány on the map of the 3rd military survey (mapire.eu)
https://maps.arcanum.com/hu/map/thirdsurvey75000/?zoom=14&lat=47.11785&lon=17.14385&bbox=1901103.5489947612%2C5958834.85522736%2C1914155.171574455%2C5964328.766635357