How to Pronounce György Káldy
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Feb 04, 1573 Trnava, Trnava Region, Slovakia Died on 30 Oct 1634 (aged 61)
Hungarian Jesuit and Bible translator
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About György Káldy
- György Káldy (1573–1634) was a Hungarian Jesuit and Bible translator. Káldi was born in Nagyszombat, Kingdom of Hungary on February 4, 1573.
- He studied theology at the University of Vienna.
- In Rome, in 1598 he entered the Jesuit order.
- In 1625, he founded the College of Pozsony (Pressburg, today's Bratislava), and served as its rector until his death. He devoted nearly half of his life to the translation of the Bible.
- He published the first Catholic translation of the Bible in Vienna, 1626.
- His version was based partly on the unpublished manuscripts of István Szántó, partly on the Vulgate.
- The printing of his translation in 1626 was supported by the Calvinist prince Gabriel Bethlen. Káldi died in Pressburg (Pozsony, today's Bratislava, Slovakia) Kingdom of Hungary in October 30, 1634.
