Jakab Szabár was a writer and Roman Catholic priest. Szabár was a Hungarian Croat

Croats

Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

 who wrote in Prekmurian and Hungarian

Hungarian language

Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....

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He was born in Vas

Vas

Vas is the name of an administrative county in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. The county is a part of the Centrope Project.-Geography:...

, near Kőszeg

Koszeg

----Kőszeg is a town in Vas county, Hungary. The town is famous for its historical character.- History :The origins of the only free royal town in the historical garrison county of Vas go back to the third quarter of the 13th century...

. His parents were József Szabár and Ilonka Csárics. Szabár went to school in Szombathely

Szombathely

Szombathely 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...

 and Kőszeg. He was ordained in 1826 and was Ferenc Bernyák's chaplain in Cankova

Cankova

Cankova is a town and a municipality in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia.The area was originally a part of Murska Sobota municipality. In 1995, Cankova - Tišina municipality was formed, which existed until 1999 when Tišina seceded as a separate municipality, giving rise to today's demarcation.The...

 for one year, then relocated by the bishopric to Turnišče

Turnišce

Turnišče is a town and a municipality in Slovenia. It is first mentioned in written documents dating to the 13th century. In 1524 it was granted market rights and town privileges in 1548....

. From 1833 to 1835, Szabár was a priest in Kančevci

Kančevci

Kančevci is a village in the Moravske Toplice Municipality in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia.The Parish Church, built to the east of the main settlement, is dedicated to Saint Benedict. It is first mentioned in written sources dating to 1208. It has a single nave with a polygonal choir and was...

, and for 21 years in Grad

Grad, Slovenia

Grad is a town and a municipality in Slovenia.Grad means 'castle' in Slovene and refers to the castle dating from the late 12th century strategically situated on a hill overlooking the settlement. It is one of the largest castle complexes in Slovenia, with 365 rooms. After World War II, the castle...

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Szabár mainly wrote religious works and supported Magyarization

Magyarization

Magyarization is a kind of assimilation or acculturation, a process by which non-Magyar elements came to adopt Magyar culture and language due to social pressure .Defiance or appeals to the Nationalities Law, met...

. His work Station of the Holy Cross in prekmurian language.