István Pintér


István Pintér was a Hungarian Slovene writer and court in Felsőszölnök.
He was born and lived in the Jánoshegy, near Felsőszölnök. His parents were István Pintér and Mária Bajzék.
About 1864, he wrote his cantor-book. This hymnal contains religious folk songs in the Prekmurje dialect. The oldest hymn is Krisztus nam je od szmrti sztao from the manuscript of Stična Monastery in Styria.

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