György Káldy (1573–1634) was a Hungarian Jesuit and Bible translator. Káldi was born in

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on February 4, 1573. He studied

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at the

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. In

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, in 1598 he entered the

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. In 1625, he founded the College of Pozsony (Pressburg, today's

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), and served as its rector until his death. He devoted nearly half of his life to the translation of the

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. He published the first

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translation of the Bible in

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, 1626. His version was based partly on the unpublished manuscripts of István Szántó, partly on the

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.Cyclopædia of Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical literature: Volume 12 John McClintock, James Strong - 1894 A translation of the entire Bible, from the original, which the Jesuit Stephen Szanto (Latin Arator) prepared towards the end of the 16th century, was never printed, whereas the translation from the Vulgate, made by the Jesuit (ieorge The printing of his translation in 1626 was supported by the

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. Káldi died in Pressburg (Pozsony, today's

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on October 30, 1634.

References

*Constantin von Wurzbach: Káldy, Georg. In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. Band 10, Verlag L. C. Zamarski, Wien 1863, S. 388 f. *Gabriel Adriányi: KÁLDI, György. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Band 3, Bautz, Herzberg 1992, , Sp. 964–967. 17th-century Hungarian Jesuits Translators of the Bible into Hungarian 1573 births Roman Catholic biblical scholars 1634 deaths {{Hungary-reli-bio-stub