Jiří Třanovský
Jiří Třanovský (Jerzy Trzanowski, Juraj Tranovský, Georgius Tranoscius; 9 April 1592 – 29 May 1637), was a Lutheran priest and hymnwriter from the Cieszyn Silesia. Sometimes called the father of Slovak hymnody and the "Luther of the Slavs," Třanovský's name is sometimes anglicized to George Tranoscius. Both the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada remember his life and work annually, on the anniversary of his death.
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Jiří Třanovský
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- Name
- Jiří Třanovský
- Born
- 9 April, c. 1592
- Birthplace
- Teschen, Silesia, Crown of Bohemia (now Poland)
- Died
- 29 May 1637 (aged approximately 45).
- Place of death
- Liptószentmiklós, Kingdom of Hungary (now Slovakia)
- Occupation
- translator, poet, composer, pedagogue, writer, musician, theologian and priest.
- Fields
- administration and management of the church, theology and church music.
- Movements
- Baroque music.
- Education
- Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg.
- Languages
- Czech and Slovak.
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Biography
Jiří Třanovský studied at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. The recorded working language is Czech and Slovak. The field of work recorded is administration and management of the church, theology and church music. Places of work recorded in the authority are Prague, Holešov and Valašské Meziříčí.
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• Name — Jiří Třanovský • Born — 9 April, c. 1592 • Birthplace — Teschen, Silesia, Crown of Bohemia (now Poland) • Died — 29 May 1637 (aged approximately 45). • Place of death — Liptószentmiklós, Kingdom of Hungary (now Slovakia) • Titles — Rev. • Feast Day — 29 May • Venerated In — Lutheranism
Life
Life
Třanovský was born in Cieszyn, and studied at Guben and Kolberg. In 1607, he was admitted to the University of Wittenberg where Martin Luther had taught less than a century earlier. Upon graduation, he traveled in Bohemia proper and Silesia and in 1612 became a teacher at St. Nicholas Gymnasium in Prague. Later, he became rector of a school in Holešov, Moravia. • Illustration — Třanovský's exlibris In 1616 Třanovský was ordained a priest in Meziříčí and served as a pastor for four years. Persecution of Lutherans in Bohemia (after the Battle of White Mountain) under Ferdinand II forced him into exile. After imprisonment in 1623 and the deaths of two of his children from plague the following year, Třanovský accepted a call to be pastor to a church in Bielitz, Teschen Silesia. In 1627, he also became personal chaplain to Count Gáspár Illésházy. From 1631 until 1637, Třanovský served as pastor at a church in Liptovský Svätý Mikuláš (Liptószentmiklós), Kingdom of Hungary (present-day Slovakia). • Illustration — Cithara Sanctorum, 1828 edition Třanovský appreciated poetry and hymns, and wrote as well as compiled both. In 1629, he published his first hymnal, oddly named in Latin Odarum Sacrarum sive Hymnorum Libri III ("Three Books of Sacred Odes or Hymns"). His most important and most famous work was Cithara Sanctorum ("Lyre of the Saints"), written in Czech, which appeared in 1636 in Levoča (Lőcse). This latter volume has formed the basis of Czech and Slovak Lutheran hymnody to the present day. Třanovský's hymnbook together with the Bible of Kralice (also in Czech) became the cornerstones of the Slovak Reformation. In 1620 Rev. Třanovský also translated the Augsburg Confession into Czech. Třanovský died, aged forty-six, on 29 May 1637 and was buried in an unmarked grave at his church in Liptovský Mikuláš.
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Varia
• Uncle of Třanovský's wife Anne was theologian Amandus Polanus.
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Jiří Třanovský died at Liptovský Mikuláš.
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- 1.Basicova, S. 46 (s. Literatur)
- 2.Anna (geb. Thurso) war die zweitjüngste Tochter des Palatins Georg Thurso und dessen Ehefrau Erzsébet Czobor (* 1572, † 1626). Im Jahre 1622 wurde sie die zweite Ehefrau des Barons János Szunyogh de Jeszenicze et Budatin († 1641). Beide Eheleute waren glühende Anhänger und Verfechter des lutherischen Glaubens.
- 3.Die Kirche Sankt Nikolaus im gleichnamigen Ort ist das älteste Baudenkmal der Stadt. Bei der Kirche, die noch romanischen Ursprungs ist, handelt es sich um den größten frühgotischen Kirchenbau im Komitat Liptau. Die erste schriftliche Erwähnung stammt aus dem jähre 1299. Ab dem 16. Jahrhundert wurden in der Kirche abwechselnd römisch-katholische Messen sowie evangelische Gottesdienste abgehalten. Im 17. Jahrhundert stand die Kirche unter evangelischen Verwaltung. Heute ist die Kirche ausschließlich römisch-katholisch.
- 4.Basicova, S. 52 (s. Literatur)
- 5.Georg von Polansdorf war ehemaliger Notarius in Neusohl und später Pastor in Budweis in Mähren.
- 6.Das 1. 'Sondergericht' wurde am 3. Januar 1671 nach der Niederschlagung der 'Wesselényischen Magnatenverschwörung' in Preßburg einberufen. In Tyrnau wurde 1672 ein 2. 'Sondergericht' einberufen. Das 3. 'Sondergericht' fand unter Leitung des Erzbischofs Georg Szelepcsényi am 5. September 1673 ebenfalls in Preßburg statt. Es wurden 40 evangelische Pfarrer vorgeladen die aufgefordert wurden, entweder zum Katholizismus zu konvertieren, ein Reversal zur Aufgabe ihrer pastoralen Tätigkeit zu unterschreiben, oder bei Verweigerung aus dem Königreich Ungarn ausgewiesen wurden. Das 4. 'Sondergericht' wurde am 5. März 1674 ebenfalls von Erzbischof Szelepcsényi nach Preßburg einberufen. Es wurden 730 lutherische und reformierte Prediger vorgeladen. Sie wurden ebenfalls gezwungen den Revers zur Aufgabe ihres Pfarramtes zu unterzeichnen. Jene die sich weigerten zu unterschreiben wurden zum Tode verurteilt bzw. von Szelepcsényi als Galeerensklaven nach Neapel verkauft. Sie wurden in Neapel vom holländischen Admiral Michiel de Ruyter befreit. Im Jahre 1676 wurden die Urteile der 'Sondergerichte' von Kaiser Leopold I. aufgehoben.
- 7.zit. nach Edita ŠTĚŘÍKOVÁ: Stručně o pobělohorských exulantech. Praha, Verlag Kalich, 2005. S. 111. (tschechisch)
- 8.Gail Ramshaw: More Days for Praise: Festivals and Commemorations in Evangelical Lutheran Worship. Augsburg Fortress 2016, S. 122.
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