Anton Martin Slomšek

Sel. Bishop Anton Martin Slomšek

Bust in the culture park of Suetschach ( Carinthia )

Anton Martin Slomšek (born November 26, 1800 in Ponikva near Cilli ; † September 24, 1862 in Marburg an der Drau ) was the first bishop of the newly formed diocese of Lavant-Marburg . He was of great importance for the Slovenian national movement as a promoter of popular education as well as a writer and poet.

Life

Slomšek studied theology and philosophy and was ordained a priest in 1824 . After that, he was spiritual in the seminary in Klagenfurt for more than a decade . In 1838 he became pastor in Saldenhofen an der Drau. In 1842 he was appointed to the cathedral chapter and appointed diocesan school overseer in St. Andrä im Lavanttal . In 1846 he became pastor of Cilli and in the same year Prince-Bishop of the Diocese of Lavant , whose seat was moved to Marburg an der Drau in 1859 .

In 1999 he was beatified by Pope John Paul II .

Constantin von Wurzbach : Slomšek, Anton Martin . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 35th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1877, pp. 145–154 ( digitized version ).
Franz von Krones : Slomsek, Martin . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 34, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1892, p. 468.
Marjan Turnšek, Miha Herman: The blessed Anton Martin Slomsek. Slomškova Založba, Maribor 1999 ISBN 961-6227-32-7 .
E. Hüttl-Hubert: Slomšek Anton Martin. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001-2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 359 f. (Direct links on p. 359 , p. 360 ).
Josef Till: Education and Emancipation. The life and work of Anton Martin Slomšek. Hermagoras-Verlag, Klagenfurt et al. 2012, ISBN 978-3-7086-0615-6 .

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