György Káldy

György Káldi ( born February 4, 1573 Trnava, † October 30, 1634 in Bratislava ) was a Hungarian Jesuit and Bible translator.

On May 7, 1598 Káldi was recorded in Rome in the Society of Jesus. From Claudio Acquaviva Káldi was immediately transported back to their homeland. Finally Over Nagybánya and Cluj in 1605 he came to Karlsruhe castle. There Káldi began with the translation of the Bible based on the Latin Vulgate. After the expulsion of the Jesuits from Transylvania Káldi went to Olomouc. There he worked until 1607 as a teacher of pastoral theology and confessor. On March 25, 1607 Káldi finished his translation of the Bible. In the years 1607-1613 he was master of novices in Brno, Leoben, Graz and Vienna. From 1615 he became a master of the College of Trnava, later professor and director of the college students Bursa see adalberti and Adelskonviktes. On June 22, 1629 Káldi took over the management of the Jesuit order in Bratislava, where he died five years later.

His translation of the Bible, which was published in 1626, was until 1976 the only one authorized by the episcopate Catholic Bible text in Hungary.