János Terbócs or Terbocs ( sl, Janoš Terboč, or ''Ivan Terboč'') was a Slovene

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priest, dean, and writer in the 17th century in the Slovene March (

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). He was probably born in Murska Sobota. He served for a time in

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, and on May 5, 1616 he moved to Felsőlendva ( Grad). In 1625, he was the dean of Murska Sobota and he signed the Lutheran document ''Formule Concordiae.'' He died in Csepreg. Terbócs was the author of some

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hymns.

References

* Vili Kerčmar: Evangeličanska cerkev na Slovenskem, Murska Sobota 1995.
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Evangeličanska cerkvena občina Bodonci – ''ZGODOVINA''
1650 deaths People from Murska Sobota Slovenian Lutheran clergy Slovenian writers and poets in Hungary Year of birth unknown {{Lutheran-stub

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