Protestantism
(1512?-1575, lutheran pastor)
He
studied in Krakow. As a parson of Vízkelet was excommunicated by the
Roman Catholic Church. The catholic counter-reformation expelled him several
times from the places pertaining to his service. He functioned in
Magyaróvár, Kassa, Debrecen, Nagyszombat, Komárom, Rózsavölgy, Komjáti,
and Pápa.
He
put his life-work to the service of reformation. He taught and established a
printing house: apart from his works (sermons, chants) he issued also the
works of Mihály Sztárai, Péter Méliusz Juhász, Péter Bornemissza.
He
redacted the first complete hymnal (1560) in Hungarian, which became a hymnic
source for the Protestant hymnals.
His
two-volume gradual is the main source of the Hungarian melody
treasure, and he is the establisher of the Lutheran liturgy.
The
edition can be found in Budapest (OSZK) and Eperjes today: Preov,
Slovakia..
Reference:
István
Botta: Huszár Gál élete, művei és kora, Budapest, Hungary 1991
Locations of Gál Huszár's lifework
Hymn-book of Gál Huszár