Máté Toroczkai
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Máté Torockai (1553 in Torockó – 1616 in
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) was the fifth bishop of the Unitarian Church in
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(today: ''Cluj-Napoca, Romania''). He translated many of the
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, Gizella Keserű - 2000 It was translated into Hungarian by Máté Toroczkai and published in 1619 with the financial support of István Bethlen, the brother of Gábor Bethlen, the great prince of Transylvania. Máté Toroczkai had an important role in the .


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Hungarian Unitarians 1553 births 1616 deaths People from Alba County {{Hungary-reli-bio-stub