Jurij Dalmatin

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Jurij Dalmatin (c. 1547 - 1589) was a Slovene Protestant priest, writer and translator.

Born in Krško, he became a preacher in Ljubljana in 1572. He was the author of several religious books, such as Karšanske lepe molitve ("Beautiful Christian Prayers", 1584), Ta kratki würtemberški katekizmus ("Short Würtemberg Catechism", 1585) and Agenda (1589). However, his most important achievement is the complete translation of the Bible into Slovene language. The original title of his integral translation was Bibilija, tu je vse svetu pismu stariga inu noviga testamenta, slovenski tolmačena skuzi Jurija Dalmatina ("Bible: Here Is the Whole Holy Scripture of the Old and the New Testament, Translated to Slovenian by Jurij Dalmatin"), and it was published in 1584, printed in the bohoričica script. The translation set the standard norm of the Slovenian literary language which held, with several innovations in vocabulary, up to the first half of the 19th century.

Dalmatin died in Ljubljana in 1589.