József Borovnyák or Borovnják (; 1826 – 19 September 1909) was a

Prekmurje Slovene Prekmurje Slovene, also known as the Prekmurje dialect, Eastern Slovene, or Wendish (, , Prekmurje Slovene: ''prekmürski jezik, prekmürščina, prekmörščina, prekmörski jezik, panonska slovenščina''), is the language of Prekmurje in Easte ...

writer, politician, and

Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...

priest in

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much 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 south, Croatia and ...

. Borovnják was born in the village of Ivanócz (later Alsószentbenedek, Slovenian Ivanovci). His family was originally

Protestant Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes Justification (theology), justification of sinners Sola fide, through faith alone, the teaching that Salvation in Christianity, salvation comes by unmerited Grace in Christianity, divin ...

. His father converted to

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. Borovnják first served as a priest from 1851 to 1852 at the Istvánfalvian Church in the village of

Apátistvánfalva Apátistvánfalva (, ) is a village in Vas County, Hungary. Notable residents

* Károly Krajczár (born 1936), Hungarian Slovene teacher * Ferenc Marics (1791–1844), Hungarian teacher * Antal Stevanecz (1861–1921), Hungarian Slovene teach ...

( Vas Country). He was later a priest in Felsőlendva and Cankova (where he died). Borovnják was a defender of the local

language. He wrote books in it; for example, a

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and

prayer book A prayer book is a book containing prayers and perhaps devotional readings, for private or communal use, or in some cases, outlining the liturgy of religious services. Books containing mainly orders of religious services, or readings for them are ...

s. In 1877 he posthumously reprinted Miklós Küzmics' Prekmurje Slovene translation of the

gospels Gospel originally meant the Christian message (" the gospel"), but in the second century AD the term (, from which the English word originated as a calque) came to be used also for the books in which the message was reported. In this sen ...

. He was also involved in politics.

Works

* ''Jezus moje poslenje'' (Jesus Is My Desire), * ''Veliki katekizmus'' (Large Catechism) * ''Kniga molitvena sztara szlovenszka'' (Old Slovene Prayer Book) * ''Dühovna hrána'' (The House of the Soul) * ''Máli politicsni vodnik'' (Little Political Mirror) * ''Szvéti Angel Csuvár'' (Holy Guardian Angel)

References

* Anton Trstenjak. ''Slovenci na Ogrskem'' (Hungarian Slovenes.

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2006. 1826 births 1909 deaths People from the Municipality of Moravske Toplice Slovenian writers and poets in Hungary Slovenian writers Slovenian politicians People from the Municipality of Cankova {{Slovenia-writer-stub

Works

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