About Iván Persa
Lived 1861 – 1935 (aged 74). Iván Persa was a Yugoslav and Austrian writer and catholic priest.
Iván Persa (April 2, 1861 – September 26, 1935) was a Hungarian Slovene Roman Catholic priest and writer.
Born in the Municipality of Beltinci in the village of Ižakovci, his parents were the farmers István Persa and Mária Kolár. He was ordained on July 14, 1885. Between 1885–1887 he served as a curate in Grad, where he founded the Scapulary and Heart of Jesus and Mary associations. From 1887–1894 he was a priest in Alsószölnök. From 1894–1913 he was a priest in Felsőszölnök, near Szentgotthárd. There, he also founded his two associations.
Od vnouge i velke miloscse i pomoucsi szvétoga skapulera, a Prekmurje Slovene scapular written by Persa in 1898.
By 1913 he was a priest in Pečarovci at St. Sebastian's Church. He died there in 1935.
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Who was Iván Persa?
Catholic priest and writer (1861–1935)
When was Iván Persa born?
Iván Persa was born on 2 April 1861 in Ižakovci.
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Iván Persa died on 26 September 1935 in Pečarovci.
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Iván Persa was a writer and catholic priest.
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Iván Persa was Yugoslav and Austrian.
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