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The native form of this personal name is Godina Mátyás. This article uses the Western name order.
Mátyás Godina (Slovene: Matjaž Godina, Prekmurian: Mátjaš Godina (ar. 1768 – January 1, 1835) Slovene Lutheran pastor, writer and teacher in Hungary.
Born in Lemerje, his family was of minor nobility. He went to school in Surd in Somogy county, where he lived and worked with two Slovene littérateurs István Küzmics and Mihály Bakos. He graduated from the Lutheran Lyceum of Sopron and returned to his home region Tótság (Prekmurje) as a consecrated priest.
Between 1793-1799 he worked as teacher and after the death of priest István Szmodis, Godina became the pastor in 1821. From 1821 was priest and a teacher in Gornji Petrovci until his death.
Godina wrote church hymns, sermons and school-curriculums in the Prekmurian language.
See also
Source
- Evangeličanska cerkvena občina Bodonci
- Vili Kerčmar: Evangeličanska cerkev na Slovenskem, Murska Sobota 1995.
Gornji Petrovci Settlements Administrative centre: Gornji Petrovci
Adrijanci, Boreča, Košarovci, Križevci, Kukeč, Lucova, Martinje, Neradnovci, Panovci, Peskovci, Stanjevci, Šulinci, ŽenavljeNotable people János Berke, Max Cosyns, Mátyás Godina, Milan Kučan, Sándor MikolaPuconci Settlements Landmarks Puconci Evangelical Church, Church of Saint Sebastian, Bodonci Evangelical ChurchNotable people Mihály Bertalanits, Ferenc Berke, Rudolf Czipott, Iván Fliszár, János Fliszár, Mátyás Godina, Jožef Kerec, József Klekl the Old, Mihály Kolossa, István Küzmics, Gergely Luthár, István Lülik, József Szakovics, István Szmodis, Sándor Terplán, Mihály Szever Vanecsai, Iván PersaCategories:- 1768 births
- 1835 deaths
- 18th-century Slovenian people
- 19th-century Slovenian people
- 18th-century Hungarian people
- 19th-century Hungarian people
- Slovenian writers and poets in Hungary
- People from Puconci
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