The name of Mária Bogner visitation nun fell into oblivion, unlike that of the novice, István Kaszap. The difference between the two receptions of cults was obvious even during World War II. In this study I focus on the possible reasons behind the different reception and success. My primary source is the Margitvirágok and the Kaszap István Lapja devotional bulletins.First, I review the institutionalization of the cults and I give an overview of the life history of the two figures in the central of devotion. Later I analyse how the Bogner and Kaszap life history interpretations transformed from the early 1940s to the end of the 1940s. through the use of non-official church standpoint pub-lished in the bulletins playing an important role in the creation of the cult. I also reflect on and analyse the reactions to the officially accepted bibliographies and articles from the bulletins. As an example for the personal reception of the cult I analyse the comments from an unpublished diary of a Roman Catholic servant girl from Nyírség reflecting on the biography of István Kaszap
