Jiří Třanovský

Jiří Třanovský
Rev.
Born9 April, c. 1592
Teschen, Silesia, Crown of Bohemia
(now Poland)
Died29 May 1637 (aged approximately 45).
Liptószentmiklós, Kingdom of Hungary
(now Slovakia)
Venerated inLutheranism
Feast29 May

Jiří Třanovský (Polish: Jerzy Trzanowski, Slovak: Juraj Tranovský, Latin: 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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