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Bust of Károli Gáspár

Bust of Károli Gáspár
Original function:
statue / memorial / relief
Current function:
statue / memorial / relief
Settlement:
Marosvásárhely, Târgu Mureș
Historical Hungarian county:
Maros-Torda
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
46.5465232291, 24.5659425317
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Next to the entrance of the Calvinist castle church.

History

Reformed pastor Károli Gáspár (1529-1592) was the author of the first complete translation of the Bible into Hungarian. He started translating the Bible in 1586. The printing of the Károli Bible began on 18 February 1589 and was completed in Vizsoly on 20 July 1590.

In 2017, on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, the busts of John Calvin and Károli Gáspár were unveiled at the entrance to the Castle Church (the works of Péterfy László and Deák Árpád, respectively).

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