Search Results - Hanus, Ladislav

Ladislav Hanus

Prof. PhDr. ThDr. Ladislav Hanus, DrSc. h. c. (26 February 1907 – 7 March 1994) was a Roman Catholic priest, art historian, Slovak Neo-Thomist philosopher, an important representative of Slovak cultural philosophy, professor of moral theology at Spišská Kapitula, translator, essayist, and publicist.

During the existence of the fascist Slovak State (1939–1945) he was a key figure of Catholic intellectual life, and his political convictions displayed authoritarian and clerico-fascist elements, which led him to support the regime of the Slovak People's Party. Hanus confirmed this loyalty through his sharp criticism of the Slovak National Uprising, which he described as a "fatal mistake," whose protagonists, according to him, were "foreign elements," Czechs, Protestants, and Jews. Provided by Wikipedia