Sándor Terplán ( or ''Trpljan'') (c. May 1, 1816 – March 18, 1858) was a Hungarian

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priest and writer. Terplán was born in the Ivanovci in the

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region in the

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, into a Hungarian Slovene Lutheran family. Several priests were born in his village, both Catholic and Lutheran, including littérateurs or gentilitial politicians, such as

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and

Ferenc Ivanóczy Ferenc () is a given name of Hungarian origin. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, Francesco, François, Frank and Franz. People with the name include: * Ferenc Batthyány (1497–1566), Hungarian magnate and general * Ferenc Bene (1944–20 ...

. Terplán's father Iván Terplan was a tailor and wine-merchant and estate manager of Baron Szaller in Ivanovci. His mother Zsuzsanna Berke was the aunt of writer

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and she was from noble family. Sándor Terplan studied in the elementary schools of

Domanjševci Domanjševci (; in older sources also ''Domanjšovci'', ) is a village in the Municipality of Šalovci in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia, right on the border with Hungary. There are two churches in the settlement. The Roman Catholic church is bu ...

and

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, in the Őrség region. From 1828 he studied in

Kőszeg Kőszeg (; ; ; ; ) is a town in Vas County, Hungary. The town is known for its historical character. History Medieval Period The origins of the only free royal town in the historical garrison county of Vas (Eisenburg) go back to the third quart ...

and also in

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, where he studied theology. In 1837 he got a scholarship and went to

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. He started working as a chaplain in

Puconci Puconci (; in older sources also ''Pucinci'', , Prekmurje Slovene: ''Püconci'') is a settlement in the Prekmurje region in northeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Puconci. Prior to 1920 it was known as Battyánd. Church ...

, near

Murska Sobota Murska Sobota (, Slovenian abbreviation: ''MS'' ; ;''Radkersburg und Luttenberg'' (map, 1:75,000). 1894. Vienna: K.u.k. Militärgeographisches Institut. ) is a town in northeastern Slovenia. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Murska Sob ...

. Later he lived in

Szombathely } Szombathely (; ; also see #Etymology, names) is the 10th largest city in Hungary. It is the administrative centre of Vas County in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria. Szombathely lies by the streams ''Perint'' and '' ...

, but in 1843 moved back to Puconci where he became the village's pastor in 1844. He died of illness at the age of 42. Terplán did a lot for preservation of the identity of the local Slovenes. He was in contact with the murian littérateurs, such as

János Kardos János Kardos, also known in Slovene as Janoš Kardoš (around February 13, 1801 – August 12, 1875) was a Hungarian Slovenian Lutheran priest, teacher, and writer. He was born in Újtölgyes, Kingdom of Hungary, today Noršinci, Slovenia. He w ...

and

Rudolf Czipott Rudolf Czipott () (January 14 or June 18, 1825 in Hodoš – May 20, 1901) was a Slovenes, Slovene Lutheranism, Lutheran pastor and writer in Hungary. Early life His father, György Czipott, was a writer, pastor and teacher in the Slovenian to ...

(he also celebrated the funeral mass of the latter). His first works were two prayer books for burials and vigils (1838). A work of his about the hearing of the confessions of the sick, written in Hungarian and German, remains in manuscript. He also wrote a pupils' textbook and a psalms book. Several of his works were only published after his death.

Works

*Dvakrat 52 Bibliszke historia, 1847 Kőszeg *Knige 'zoltárszke, 1848 Kőszeg *Peszmi i réd, 1856

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*Krszcsánsztva Ábéczé, 1869 Sopron ;Scripts *Agenda (

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), December 1838 *Molitvi na rázlocsne potrebcsine, October 7, 1838. *Molitvi pri Szprevájanyi i pokápanyi Mrtveczov, 1838 *Szpoved Betecznikov, 1849 *Betegek gyóntatása ( Hungarian), 1849 *Kranken-Communion (

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), October 7, 1849. *Temetéskorra való imádságok (Hungarian), 1849

References

* Anton Trstenjak: Slovenci na Ogrskem ''(Hungarian Slovenes),''

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2006. {{DEFAULTSORT:Terplan Sandor 1816 births 1858 deaths People from the Municipality of Moravske Toplice Slovenian Lutheran clergy Slovenian writers and poets in Hungary Hungarian writers

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