Tamás Esterházy de Galántha (8 May 1570 – 1616) was a Hungarian noble, son of
Vice-ispán (Viscount; ''vicecomes'') of
Pozsony County
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Ferenc Esterházy. One of his brothers was
Nikolaus, Count Esterházy
Baron, later Count Nikolaus Esterházy de Galántha () ( Galanta, 8 April 1583 Großhöflein, 11 September 1645) was the founder of the West-Hungarian noble House of Esterházy which became one of the grandest and most influential aristocratic ...
who served as
Palatine of Hungary
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.
He studied at the
University of Wittenberg
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (), also referred to as MLU, is a public research university in the cities of Halle and Wittenberg. It is the largest and oldest university in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. MLU offers German and i ...
since 3 October 1589 where he converted to
Calvinism
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. He translated one of his teacher,
Aegidius Hunnius
Aegidius Hunnius the Elder (21 December 1550 in Winnenden – 4 April 1603 in Wittenberg) was a Lutheran theologian of the Lutheran scholastic tradition and father of Nicolaus Hunnius.
Life
Hunnius went rapidly through the preparatory sch ...
's works into
Hungarian. Cardinal
Péter Pázmány
Péter Pázmány de Panasz, S.J. (, ; ; ; ; 4 October 1570 – 19 March 1637), was a Hungarian Jesuit who was a noted philosopher, theologian, cardinal, pulpit orator and statesman. He was an important figure in the Counter-Reformation ...
, a key member and initiator of the Hungarian counter-Reformation condemned Esterházy's work and called Hunnius' publication as "evil".
Tamás Esterházy died in 1616 at
Galántha, ancient estate of the
House of Esterházy
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.
Works
* ''Az Igaz Aniaszentegyhazrol, es ennec feieről az Christvsrol. Ismeg az Romai Anyaszent egyházról es ennec feieről, az Romai Paprol valo Articulus… Irattatott Aegidius Hunnius, az Szent irasnac Doctora és Professora altal…''
Sárvár
Sárvár ( or ; ; ) is a town in Vas County, Hungary.
Sárvár lies on the banks of the River Rába at Kemeneshát. The population is nearly 16,000. The town has become a tourist centre of international renown.
Etymology
''Sár'' means "mud" i ...
, 1602. (printing was financially supported by István Illésházy, Esterházy's uncle)
References
Sources
* Szinnyei, József:
Magyar írók élete és munkái II. (Caban–Exner)'. Budapest, Hornyánszky, 1893.
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1570 births
1616 deaths
Tamas
Hungarian writers
Hungarian translators
University of Wittenberg alumni
Converts to Calvinism