Valentin Stanič
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Valentin Stanič | |
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Born | |
Died | 29 April 1847 Gorizia, Gorizia and Gradisca, Austrian Empire | (aged 73)
Nationality | Slovene |
Occupation | Priest |
Valentin Stanič was a Slovene Roman Catholic priest, mountaineer, poet, writer, translator, teacher, and cultural worker. He was born on 12 February 1774 in Bodrež and died 29 April 1847 in Gorizia.
Notable life events[]
- 1790 – began school in Tarvisio
- 1793 – arrived in Salzburg
- 1798 – entered the seminary
- 1800 – first to climb to the highest point of The Watzmann (2,713 m (8,901 ft))
- 1802 – finished his studies, and was ordained
- 1807 – founded a small printing office
- 1808 – climbed Triglav and measured its height (2,864 m (9,396 ft))
- 1822 – published the first Slovenian printed book in Gorizia: Songs for farmers and young people
- 1840 – founded the first Slovenian bookshop in Gorizia.
- 1845 – joined the "Association Against the Torture of Animals" in Munich
- 1846 – the first in what was then Austria in Gorizia founded Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Bibliography[]
- E.-M. Hüttl-Hubert: "Stanič (Stanig) Valentin". In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Vol. 13, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1957–2005, p. 92 f. (Direct links to "p. 92", "p. 93")
- Peter Zimmermann (Hrsg.): Valentin Stanič – Bergsteiger, Schriftsteller, Wohltäter. Eigenverlag der Bayerisch-Slowenischen Gesellschaft, Regensburg 2000. Digitalisat (PDF, 4,9 MB)
External links[]
- Media related to Valentin Stanič at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- 1774 births
- 1847 deaths
- Slovenian mountain climbers
- Slovenian Roman Catholic priests
- Slovenian writers
- Gorizia and Gradisca people
- People from the Municipality of Kanal
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