József Bagáry ( sl, Jožef Bagari; January 8, 1840 – May 14, 1919) was Slovene Roman Catholic priest and writer in

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...

. Born in Muraszombat, Vas County,

Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into the 20th century. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the coronation of the first king Stephen ...

(present-day

Murska Sobota Murska Sobota (, Slovenian abbreviation: ''MS'' ; german: Olsnitz;''Radkersburg und Luttenberg'' (map, 1:75,000). 1894. Vienna: K.u.k. Militärgeographisches Institut. hu, Muraszombat) is a town in northeastern Slovenia. It is the centre of the ...

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

). His father was József Bagáry, Hungarian petty nobleman, his mother was Slovene, Katalin Monek.
He studied in

Kőszeg Kőszeg (german: Güns, ; Slovak: ''Kysak'', sl, Kiseg, hr, Kiseg) is a town in Vas County, Hungary. The town is famous for its historical character. History The origins of the only free royal town in the historical garrison county of Vas ...

and

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, was consecrated on July 14, 1866. Chaplain in Szentgyörgy, Cserencsócz, Tissina and Muraszombat (now

Sveti Jurij, Rogašovci Sveti Jurij (; hu, Vízlendva, german: Sankt Georgen, Prekmurje Slovene: ''Sveti Güri'' or ''Sveti Jürij'') is a village in the Municipality of Rogašovci in the Prekmurje region of northeastern Slovenia. Name The name of the settlement was ch ...

Črenšovci Črenšovci (; hu, Cserföld) is a settlement in the Prekmurje region in northeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Črenšovci. Črnec Creek, a tributary of the Ledava, flows past the settlement. The parish church A p ...

, Tišina and Murska Sobota,

). By 1874 priest in Martyáncz (now Martjanci,

), in 1912 was retire on a pension, and died in Murska Sobota.

Works

* First Reader (Perve Knige – čtenyá za Katholičanske vesničke šolé na Povelênye drüžbe svétoga Števana správlene: po Bárány Ignáci pripravnice vučitel – ravnitel ''Elsö olvasó – könyv)''

References

Vasi digitális könyvtár – Vasi egyházmegye
* Anton Trstenjak: ''Slovenci na Ogrskem,'' Narodnapisna in književna črtica, OBJAVA ARHIVSKIH VIROV MARIBOR 2006.

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