Primo? Trubar

Primo? Trubar (June 9, 1508 ? June 28, 1586) was a Slovenian Protestant reformer, the founder and the first superintendent of the Protestant Church of Slovenia, a consolidator of the Slovenian language and the author of the first printed book in Slovenian.

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June 9 - 1508 - June 28 - 1586 - Slovenian - Protestant - Reformer - Slovenian language - Printed - Book

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Trubar was born in the village Ra?ica (or Ra??ica, Ra?ca or Rast?ica ) near Velike La??e, Slovenia. In the years 1520-1521 he visited a school in Rijeka, in 1522-1524 he continued his education in Salzburg. From there he went to Trieste under the tutorship of bishop Pietro Bonomo, where he got in touch with the Humanist writers, in particular Erasmus of Rotterdam. In 1528 he enrolled at University of Vienna, but did not complete his studies. In 1530 he returned to Slovenia and became a preacher. He gradually leaned towards the Protestantism and was in 1547 expelled from Ljubljana.

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Village - Ra?ica - Velike La??e - Slovenia - 1520 - 1521 - Rijeka - 1522 - 1524 - Salzburg - Trieste - Pietro Bonomo - Erasmus of Rotterdam - 1528 - University of Vienna - 1530 - Protestantism - 1547 - Ljubljana

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While a Protestant preacher in Rothenburg, Bavaria, Germany, he wrote the first book in Slovenian, Catechismus and Abecedarium, which was published in 1550 in Tübingen, Germany. In the following years, he authored around 25 more books in Slovenian; the most important of them is the translation of the complete New Testament.

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Rothenburg - Bavaria - Germany - Catechismus - 1550 - Tübingen - New Testament

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Trubar died in Derendingen, Germany (now part of the city of Tübingen), where he is also buried.

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Derendingen - Tübingen

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Recently a TV series was produced in which Trubar was performed by popular Slovenian theatre and movie actor Polde Bibi?.

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TV series - Theatre - Movie actor - Polde Bibi?

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