Primož Trubar was a Protestant reformer, most known as the author of the first Slovenian book, called Catechismus.

He was born in the village of Rašica. He attended school in Rijeka and Salzburg. From there he went to Trieste, where he got in touch with the Humanist ideas. In 1528 he started to study at the University of Vienna but did not complete his studies because they closed the school because of Turkish attacks. In 1530 he returned to the Slovenian lands and became a preacher. He accepted Protestant ideas and because of that he had a serious conflict with Church as well as state authorities. To avoid being arrested, he had to run away to Germany. In 1548 he moved to Nürnberg and became a pastor in Rothenburg (now Germany). He got married with Barbara Sitar and they had four children. After her death, he remarried.

They took away his books, friends and his homeland but they couldn"t take his faith and love of his nation. He wanted his “Beloved Slovenians” to be able to read about God in their own language so they would know and understand what they believed. In his time, the only language in churches and the only language of the Bible was Latin. His first two books were Catechismus and Abecedarium. He published them in 1550 in Tübingen, Germany. In the following years, he wrote more than 20 Slovenian books. Trubar died on 28 June 1586 in Tübingen, Germany, where he was also buried.

Primož Trubar is best known as the writer of the first Slovenian book. To do what he believed needed to be done, he risked everything – his property and his freedom. Because of his courage, love for his nation and his vision, we still admire him today!