Simon Péchi
Wealthy Hungarian and Sabbatarian From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chancellor Simon Péchi (c. 1570/1575–1642) was a Hungarian Székely official, and wealthy supporter of Matthias Vehe and nobleman András Eőssi's Szekler Sabbatarians movement in Transylvania.[1][2] The influence of Péchi's Sabbatarian prayer book contributed to the conversion of around twenty thousand Székelys to Sabbatarianism in the late sixteenth century.[3] Samuel Kohn, Chief Rabbi of Budapest, and the first scholar to take an interest in the Sabbatarians among the Transylvanian unitarians, published a biography of Péchi as part of his studies in 1899.[4]
Simon Péchi | |
|---|---|
| Chancellor of Transylvania | |
| In office 1613–1621 | |
| Monarch | Gabriel Bethlen |
| Preceded by | Vacant last office-holder: János Imreffy |
| Succeeded by | Vacant next office-holder: István Kovacsóczy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1570 Peçuy, Sanjak of Peçuy, Ottoman Hungary (today: Pécs, Hungary) |
| Died | December 1643 (aged 72-73) Szenterzsébet, Principality of Transylvania (today: Eliseni, Romania) |
| Spouse(s) | 1, Judit Kornis 2, Katalin Barlabássy |
Works
- Atyák mondásai — Pirqé ávot[5]
References
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