PRIMOŽ
TRUBAR
1508-1586
IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD
A portrait of Primož Trubar . Woodcut , Jacob Lederlein , 1578 .
Protestant priest , religious reformist , translator , the author of the first printed book in Slovenian , the founder of the Slovenian literary language .
Born on 8 June 1508 in the village of Rašica near Velike Lašče , Primož Trubar studied theology in Rijeka , Salzburg , and Vienna . He was a catholic priest but after converting to Protestantism , he was forced to flee to Germany . Following his return to Ljubljana , he took up the position of vicar of the Protestant Church in Ljubljana . Exiled in Germany once again , he settled down in Derendingen , where he died on 28 June 1586 .
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