István Szijjártó (c. 1765 – 10 September 1833) was a Slovenian evangelic

Lutheranism

Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the theology of Martin Luther, a German reformer. Luther's efforts to reform the theology and practice of the church launched the Protestant Reformation...

 teacher and poet in Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

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He was born in Večeslavci

Večeslavci

Večeslavci is a village in the Rogašovci Municipality in the Prekmurje region of northeastern Slovenia.The evangelic teacher and poet István Szijjártó was born in the village.-External links:*...

 (Prekmurje

Prekmurje

Prekmurje is a geographically, linguistically, culturally and ethnically defined region settled by Slovenes and lying between the Mur River in Slovenia and the Rába Valley in the most western part of Hungary...

), near the Styrian border. His father was Iván Szijjártó slovene peasant. Studied in Nemescsó

Nemescsó

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 and in Sopron

Sopron

In 1910 Sopron had 33,932 inhabitants . Religions: 64.1% Roman Catholic, 27.8% Lutheran, 6.6% Jewish, 1.2% Calvinist, 0.3% other. In 2001 the city had 56,125 inhabitants...

, in the evangelic lyceum

Lyceum

The lyceum is a category of educational institution defined within the education system of many countries, mainly in Europe. The definition varies between countries; usually it is a type of secondary school.-History:...

 (?-1783). At first, he was teacher in Križevci

Križevci, Gornji Petrovci

Križevci is a village in the municipality of Gornji Petrovci in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia. Its name is derived from a chapel dedicated to the Holy Cross that used to stand in the village, but was pulled down in the late 19th century. There is a large Lutheran church in the village, built in...

 from 1787-1806 in Puconci

Puconci

Puconci is a town and a municipality in Slovenia. Prior to 1920 it was known as Battyánd, Hungary.The majority of the population is Lutheran, making Puconci one of the few Slovenian municipalities where the majority of the population belongs to a non-Catholic denomination.There is a Lutheran...

. He worked later in Domanjševci

Domanjševci

Domanjševci is a village in the Šalovci Municipality in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia, right on the border with Hungary.There are two churches in the settlement. The Roman Catholic church is built on a small hill to the southwest of the settlement in the middle of a small cemetery and is...

, where he died.

In 1796, his hymn-book Mrtvecsne Peszmi of funeral songs was published.

Works

• Mrtvecsne Peszmi, stere szo szti sztári piszm vküp pobráne, pobougsane, ino, na haszek szlovenszkoga národa zdaj oprvics Na szvetloszt dáne, po S. S. P. S. Stampane v Szombotheli, Pri Sziesz Antoni vu Leti 1796.
• Molitvi na sztári szlovenszki jezik obrnyene, ino na haszek szlovenszkoga národa vö dáne po Szijarto Stevani püczonszkom solszkim vucsiteli. Stampane v-Soproni, pri Siesz Anni Klári vu leti 1797.
• Sztarisinsztvo, i zvacsinsztvo, szem szpodobnimi prilikami za volo, szvádbeni mladénczov. S. L. D. V-Soproni, szpiszkimi Sziesz Antona vu leti 1807.
• Sztarisinsztvo i zvacsinsztvo vödáno po Udvary Ferenczi kermedinszkom knigovezári. Na lasztivnom sztroski. V-Szombatheli z-piszkmi Bertalanffy Imrea 1852.