Primož Trubar

Primož Trubar
Primož Trubar, woodcut by Jacob Lederlein, 1578
Born	8 June 1508 Rašica, Duchy of Carniola, Habsburg Monarchy, Holy Roman Empire
Died	28 June 1586(1586-06-28) (aged 78) Derendingen, Holy Roman Empire
Occupation	Protestant Reformer

Primož Trubar or Primož Truber ( pronunciation ) (1508 – 28 June 1586) was a Slovenian Protestant reformer, most known as the author of the first Slovene language printed book, the founder and the first superintendent of the Protestant Church of the Duchy of Carniola, notable for consolidating the Slovene language. Trubar is the key figure of Slovenian cultural history and in many aspects a major historical personality.

Trubar was born in the village of Rašica (now in the Municipality of Velike Lašče) in the Duchy of Carniola, then under the Habsburgs. In the years 1520–1521 he attended school in Rijeka, in 1522–1524 he continued his education in Salzburg. From there he went to Trieste under the tutorship of the Roman Catholic bishop Pietro Bonomo, where he got in touch with the Humanist writers, in particular Erasmus of Rotterdam. In 1527 the bishop Pietro Bonomo assigned Trubar a priest position in Loka pri Zidanem Mostu. In 1528 he enrolled at the University of Vienna, but did not complete his studies. In 1530 he returned to the Slovene Lands and became a preacher. He gradually leaned towards Protestantism and was expelled from Ljubljana in 1547.