Coresi (d. 1583, Braşov

Brasov

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 printer of the sixteenth century. He was the editor of the first printed books in the Romanian language

Romanian language

Romanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...

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Biography

Coresi first became active at Târgovişte

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, but then moved to Braşov

Brasov

Brașov is a city in Romania and the capital of Brașov County.According to the last Romanian census, from 2002, there were 284,596 people living within the city of Brașov, making it the 8th most populated city in Romania....

, where he started printing books not only in Church Slavonic, but also in Romanian. He first learned the art of printing from Dimitrije Ljubavic, who was himself working for the Metropolitanate of Wallachia

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List of books printed by Coresi

• Tetraevanghelul (1561)
• Întrebare creştinească (Catehismul) (1561–1562)
• Liturghierul (1570)
• Psaltirea (1570)

See also

• First Romanian School
  First Romanian School
  The First Romanian School is located on the grounds of the 16th century church of St. Nicholas, itself located in the historic district of Şchei, now part of the city of Braşov....