The city was first documented in
1332 in the papal registry under the name Novum Forum Siculorum, and as Sekulvasarhel in 1349. On the place of its Castle Church, the
Dominican's church stood until the Mongol invasion, when it was destroyed. In
its place, the Franciscans built a new Gothic church in 1260, which was
completed in 1446. Since 1439 the town was the scene of the session of
parliament (diet) 36 times. In 1405, the King of Hungary Sigismund of Luxembourg
granted the
