
Iván Persa ( sl, Ivan Perša) (April 2, 1861 – September 26, 1935) was a
Hungarian Slovene
Hungarian Slovenes ( Slovene: ''Madžarski Slovenci'', hu, Magyarországi szlovének) are an autochthonous ethnic and linguistic Slovene minority living in Hungary. The largest groups are the Rába Slovenes ( sl, porabski Slovenci, dialecticall ...
Roman Catholic
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...
priest and writer.
Born in the
Municipality of Beltinci
The Municipality of Beltinci (; sl, Občina Beltinci) is a municipality in the Prekmurje region of northeastern Slovenia. Its seat is the settlement of Beltinci. The municipality has 8,256 inhabitants. It was a sanjak under the name ''Balatin'' ...
in the village of
Ižakovci
Ižakovci (; in older sources also ''Ižekovci'', Prekmurje Slovene: ''Ižekofci'', hu, Murasziget) is a village on the left bank of the Mura River in the Municipality of Beltinci in the Prekmurje region of northeastern Slovenia.
Name
Ižakovci ...
, his parents were the farmers István Persa and Mária Kolár. He was ordained on July 14, 1885. Between 1885 and 1887 he served as a curate in
Grad, here found to Association of Jesus's Heart. From 1887 to 1894, after in 1894–1913 he was a priest in
Alsószölnök
Alsószölnök ( ger, Unterzemming, sl, Dolnji Senik, la, Zelnuk Inferior) is a village in Vas County, Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered b ...
and
Felsőszölnök
Felsőszölnök ( sl, Gornji Senik, german: Oberzemming. la, Zelnuk Superior) is a village in Vas County, Hungary. It is the westernmost point of Hungary, and lies on the borders with Slovenia and Austria.
Location
The nearest settlements are ...
, near
Szentgotthárd
Szentgotthárd ( sl, Monošter; german: St. Gotthard) is the westernmost town of Hungary. It is situated on the Rába River near the Austrian border.
History
The town took its name from, and grew up round, the Cistercian Szentgotthárd Abbey, fo ...
. Here also found to associations and in 1898 wrote scapulare in the
Prekmurje dialect
Prekmurje Slovene, also known as the Prekmurje dialect, East Slovene, or Wendish ( sl, prekmurščina, prekmursko narečje, hu, vend nyelv, muravidéki nyelv, Prekmurje dialect: ''prekmürski jezik, prekmürščina, prekmörščina, prekmör ...
titled ''Od vnouge i velke miloscse i pomoucsi szvétoga skapulera.''
By 1913 he was a priest in
Pečarovci
Pečarovci (; in older sources also ''Sveti Sebeštjan'', hu, Szentsebestyén, Prekmurje Slovene: ''Püčarovci'') is a village in the Municipality of Puconci in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia.
There are two churches in the settlement. The Roma ...
at St. Sebastian's Church. He died there in 1935.
External links
Vasi digitális könyvtár – Vasi egyházmegye
See also
*
List of Slovene writers and poets in Hungary
This is a list of Slovene writers and poets in Hungary.
A
* Imre Augustich
B
* József Bagáry
* Mária Bajzek Lukács
* Mihály Bakos
* István Ballér
* Irén Barbér
* Mihály Barla
* Iván Bassa
* József Bassa
* Balázs Berke
* Feren ...
1861 births
1935 deaths
People from the Municipality of Beltinci
19th-century Slovenian Roman Catholic priests
Slovenian writers and poets in Hungary
Slovenian writers
20th-century Slovenian Roman Catholic priests
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