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Štefan Beniač KC*HS, born Benyács (* 27 March 1869,
Žilina
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– † 21 February 1942, Spišská Sobota
Spišská Sobota (; ) is a historic Slovak town that was absorbed in 1946 as a borough of the city of Poprad. It is located in the northeastern part of the city above the Poprad (river), Poprad river. The population of Spišská Sobota was 2,9 ...
) was a Slovak priest, preacher and publicist. Until 1918, he used the pseudonym Csacai (slovak: Čadčiansky).
Biography
Štefan Beniač was born in Žilina to his parents Štefan (butcher in Žilina) and Juliana (born Piovarči). He studied in Nitra. After study he became a chaplain in Raková (Kysuce region) and Rosina. From 1902 until 1920 he was a parish priest inČadca
Čadca (; until 1918 Čatca, Czača, , ) is a district town in northern Slovakia, near the border with Poland and the Czech Republic.
Etymology
The name is derived from a word ''čad'' (smoke, soot; Proto-Slavic: ''čadъ'', Slovak/ Czech: ''ča ...
. Beniač was a shareholder in Textile factory in Čadca. Shareholders of this factory made him the reason for the bankruptcy of the factory after the World War I
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. As a result of these events, he retired in 1920 and left Čadca. He lived in Budapest
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(Hungary) since then and he died on February 21, 1942, in Spišská Sobota. He was buried at the cemetery in Žilina. Štefan Beniač was a publisher for many ecclesiastical newspapers.
Honours and awards
*Benemerenti Medal
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awarded in 1902 by Pope Leo XIII
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.
* Order of the Holy Sepulchre Order of the Holy Sepulchre or Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre may refer to:
* Order of the Holy Sepulchre (Catholic), chivalric order belonging to the Holy See (the Roman Catholic Church)
* Order of the Holy Sepulchre (Orthodox), chivalric ...
, „''Grand Officier''“ – KC*HS
* Papal count
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