Where his body was cast ashore, a place of worship was established"
The memorial plaque is the work of sculptor Endre András Tornay, while the bronze bishop's belt on the bridge railing is the work of Gábor Veres.
There was a bridge in the immediate vicinity of this place already in Roman times. The exact location of the Roman bridgehead, only a few metres from the present bridge, is confirmed by archaeological evidence. It is the site of the martyrdom of St Quirinus, who was thrown into the Perinth here with a millstone around his neck.
The site of the saint's death was already a place of worship in early Christian times.
József Elek Horváth, who first wrote and published the history of the town in Hungarian in 1825, commemorates the event in this way:
"Putting a millstone on his weak neck with a rough clasp
A' Sibaris' was swiftly pushed down into the river's flood,
Where, though his neck was heavy with stones, he gently
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