Sveti Jurij (; ,Vengušt, Jernej. 1919. ''Seznamek prekmurskih občin (krajev) z označbo pošte in zemljevidom.'' Radgona, p. 7. /ref> ,
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 ...
: ''Sveti Güri'' or ''Sveti Jürij'') is a
village
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Prekmurje
Prekmurje (; Prekmurje Slovene: ''Prèkmürsko'' or ''Prèkmüre''; ) is a geographically, linguistically, culturally, and ethnically defined region of Slovenia, settled by Slovenes and a Hungarians in Slovenia, Hungarian minority, lying betwee ...
region of northeastern
Slovenia
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.
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from ''Sveti Jurij'' (literally, 'Saint George') to ''Jurij'' (literally, 'George') in 1955. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms. The name ''Sveti Jurij'' was restored in 1990.
Church
The
parish church
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in the village, from which the settlement gets its name, is dedicated to
Saint George
Saint George (;Geʽez: ጊዮርጊስ, , ka, გიორგი, , , died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was an early Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to holy tradition, he was a soldier in the ...
. It is a large three-aisle
Neo-Romanesque
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building built in 1925. Elements of the original Gothic building from the late 14th century are preserved in the sanctuary. It belongs to the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Murska Sobota
The Diocese of Murska Sobota (; ) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Murska Sobota in the ecclesiastical province of Maribor in Slovenia.
History
* April 7, 2006: Established as Diocese of Murska Sobota from ...