János Kardos, also known in
Slovene as Janoš Kardoš (around February 13, 1801 in Újtölgyes,
Kingdom of Hungary
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, today
Noršinci,
Slovenia
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– August 12, 1875 in
Őrihodos,
Austria-Hungary
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, today
Hodoš
Hodoš (; hu, Hodos or , german: Hodosch) is a village in Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Hodoš. It is part of the Prekmurje region.
Name
Hodoš was first mentioned in written sources in 1331 as ''de Hudus-feu'' (and as ''Hodos' ...
, Slovenia) was a Hungarian Slovenian
Lutheran
Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Cathol ...
priest, teacher, and writer.
He worked and lived in
Hodoš
Hodoš (; hu, Hodos or , german: Hodosch) is a village in Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Hodoš. It is part of the Prekmurje region.
Name
Hodoš was first mentioned in written sources in 1331 as ''de Hudus-feu'' (and as ''Hodos' ...
, in what was then known as the
Slovene March and is today referred to as
Prekmurje
Prekmurje (; dialectically: ''Prèkmürsko'' or ''Prèkmüre''; hu, Muravidék) is a geographically, linguistically, culturally and ethnically defined region of Slovenia, settled by Slovenes and a Hungarian minority, lying between the Mur R ...
. After finishing studies in
theology
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in
Vienna
en, Viennese
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, he returned to his homeland and wrote and translated several