Gyulai Éva: Régi Diárium - Clementis János fancsali evangélikus lelkész naplója, 1719-1760 - Officina Musei 25. (Miskolc, 2018)

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Johannes dementis came from a family with Slovak Lutheran preachers on both sides: his grandfather, Nicolaus dementis (tl670) was first a deacon at Lipótszentmiklós (Liptovsky Sväty Mikulás, Sankt Nikolaus in der Liptau, present-day: Liptovsky Mikulás, Slovakia], then a preacher of the Thököly family court in Késmárk [Käsmark, today: Kezmarok, Slovakia] from 1645. Stephanus [II] Thököly, director of the Dominium of Árva/Orava, later summoned him to Árva [Orava] county where he served between 1653-1660 as a pastor of Lokca and Árvaváralja (today: Oravsky Podzámok, Slovakia] as well as the court priest at the castle. His son, Melchior dementis [1649-1739] was a rector at the Slovak school of Raszlavica (Vysné Raslavice] until he was ordained for a preacher at the age of 56 in 1705, after which he began his service in the Lutheran Church of Kapronca and Osztrópatak (today: Koprovnica, Ostrovany, Slovakia] in Sáros [Saris] county. He was expelled from his latter post in 1720 and moved to his son at Fancsal along with his wife and his other son Paulus dementis (Dovalovo, 1686- Fancsal, 1756], who became a teacher alongside his brother in the village’s Evangelical Church until his death. The father of Johannes dementis’ mother, Catharina Petrovic [1657/58-1739], Mathias Petrovicius Sr. [1606-1680] was a Lutheran teacher at Liptószentmiklós (Liptovsky Mikulás) in the 1630s before replacing Nicolaus dementis as deacon, which means both grandfathers of the pastor of Fancsal served the church together for a couple years there. Furthermore, even two uncles of Johannes Clementis were both active during 1670-1672 at Velicsna (Nagyfalu, also known as: Velka Ves, today: Velicná, Slovakia) in Árva (Orava) county, with Mathias Petrovicius Jr. (1636-1713) serving as preacher and Stephanus Clementis (1642-1713) as deacon; however both were expelled in 1672 at the beginning of the "mournful decade" for the Protestant religion in Hungary, and forced into hiding.

Patrons of the Lutheran Church in Fancsal were part of a small, elite and unique society in the first half of the 18th century, with close tenurial, familial and social ties keeping them together. They also shared numerous connections with the nobility of evangelical faith from the northern counties of the Kingdom of Hungary, particularly those from Sáros (Saris) and Liptó (Liptov). In addition to Hungarian nobility (Joób-Fancsaly, Szirmay, Görgey, Horváth-Stansith etc.), Slovak noble families also appear amongst Clementis’ supporters, including the Wozar family from Bocabánya (Ober-Botza, today: Vysná Boca, Slovakia) who acquired land at Fancsal. The husband of Sophia Wozar, Jan Elias Doleviczeny, was the son of the Lutheran pastor of Héthárs (Siebenlinden, today: Lipany, Slovakia); his sister, Clara Wozar was married by Daniel Severiny, whose father was an evangelical priest in Garamszeg (today: Hronsek, Slovakia). Fancsal landowner Christoph Mazary Jr. (J-1739), son of writer and theologian Christophorus Mazarius Sr. (f!708), also represents

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