György Káldi
György Káldi (born February 4, 1573 in Tyrnau , † October 30, 1634 in Pressburg ) was a Hungarian Jesuit and Bible translator.
On May 7, 1598, Káldi was accepted into the Society of Jesus in Rome . By Claudio Acquaviva Káldi was immediately transported back to their homeland. He finally came to Karlsburg in 1605 via Nagybánya and Klausenburg . It was there that Káldi began translating the Bible on the basis of the Latin Vulgate . After the expulsion of the Jesuits from Transylvania , Káldi went to Olomouc . There he worked until 1607 as a teacher of pastoral theology and confessor . On March 25, 1607, Káldi finished his translation of the Bible. From 1607 to 1613 he was the novice master in Brno , Leoben , Graz and Vienna . From 1615 he became master of the college in Tyrnau , later also director of the student college in Bursa. Adalberti and the Adelskonviktes. On June 22, 1629 Káldi took over the leadership of the Jesuit order in Pressburg , where he died five years later.
His translation of the Bible, which was published in 1626, remained the only Catholic Bible text in Hungary authorized by the episcopate until 1976 .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Káldy, Georg . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 10th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1863, p. 388 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Gabriel Adriányi: KÁLDI, György. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 3, Bautz, Herzberg 1992, ISBN 3-88309-035-2 , Sp. 964-967.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Káldi, György |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian Jesuit and Bible translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 4, 1573 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Trnava |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 30, 1634 |
| Place of death | Pressburg |