János Aczél (died 1523) was a royal secretary and poet.
He was replaced from the
provostry
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Historical development
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of
Vác
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Location
Vác is located north of Budapest on the eastern bank of the Danube river, below t ...
to
Pressburg
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(''Pozsony'', today's
Bratislava
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) as the secretary of
Louis II. He was also the abbot of Garamszentbenedek (now
Hronský Beňadik
Hronský Beňadik (1920–1948: , 1948–1960: ; ; , until 1888: ; ) is a village in central Slovakia. It has a population of 1233 (2005).
According to the local tourist information officer, this is the site referred to in what may be the first wr ...
,
Slovakia
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). He had died before he could take the position of provost in Pressburg. He wrote poems in
Latin
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, but none of them survived.
Sources
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Szinnyei József''Magyar írók élete és munkái'' Arcanum,
Budapest
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, 2000,
Year of birth unknown
1523 deaths
15th-century Hungarian poets
16th-century Hungarian poets
Hungarian male poets
Writers from Bratislava
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