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Valentin Stanič
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
Watzmann
1802 – finished his studies, and was
ordained
1807 – founded a small
printing office
1808 – climbed
Triglav
and measured the height
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