Mihály Gáber ( sl, Miháo Gaber; – September 13, 1815) was a Slovene Roman Catholic priest, a writer, and the best friend of

Miklós Küzmics Miklós Küzmics (Slovene: Mikloš Küzmič; September 15, 1737 – April 11, 1804) was a Hungarian Slovene writer and translator. Biography Küzmics was born in Dolnji Slaveči and died in Kančevci. His parents were János and Erzsébet Küs ...

. Küzmics standardized

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with Gáber's help. Gáber was born in Dolnji Slaveči and became friends with Küzmics in his childhood. He was ordained a priest in 1777 in

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. In September and December that year he served as an administrator in Pertoča, and in 1778 and 1779 he was a curate in Gornji Petrovci. He served as the parish priest of Martjanci until his death. Gáber assisted Küzmics's literary efforts. Küzmics wrote the first Catholic books in the Prekmurje dialect and tried to use less foreign (primarily

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) words. Through Gáber, many elements from the dialect used in the Parish of Martjanci were transferred to the standard language.

János Szily János Szily (20 August 1735, Felsőszopor - 2 June 1799, Szombathely) was a Hungarian Catholic bishop and patron of the arts. Biography He was born to a Catholic father and a Lutheran mother. After completing his primary and secondary studies ...

, the Bishop of Szombathely, encouraged the pair to translate the Bible. Gáber also wrote some Catholic hymns in the Prekmurje dialect.

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* Géfin Gyula: ''A szombathelyi egyházmegye története III''. (1935) *

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: ''Martjanska župnija v perspektivi 600 let''. Slovenian writers and poets in Hungary 19th-century Slovenian Roman Catholic priests 1750s births 1815 deaths People from the Municipality of Grad 18th-century Slovenian Roman Catholic priests {{RC-clergy-stub

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