Paul Jedlicska

* Alsólopassó, January 14, 1844 – † Nagyszombat, February 26, 1917 / Roman Catholic priest, church writer, local historian ; ; He completed his high school studies in Nagyszombat, and his theology in Esztergom. He was ordained a priest in 1866. He was first a chaplain in Csesztén, then in Budapest. Later, he worked as a parish priest in various places, and in 1882 he was appointed as a sub-deacon and inspector of education of the Szomolány parish. Later, he became a canon in Esztergom, archbishop's vicar of Nagyszombat, and from 1908, archdeacon of Nitra and director of the archbishop's seminary. In addition to his priestly work, he also excelled as a historian. In 1873, the Bratislava County Archaeological Association was founded on his initiative. On behalf of Flóris Rómer, he compiled the Slovak ethnographic material collected in Bratislava and Nyitra counties for the Vienna World Exhibition, and at the request of the National Monuments Committee, he prepared castle and medieval church floor plans and drawings of ecclesiastical antiquities in 1872–1875. In 1875, the Minister of Religion and Public Education, Ágoston Trefort, appointed him as a special member of the National Monuments Committee. ; During his time as a parish priest in Felsődiós, he collected the archaeological and ethnographic relics of the area and had them placed in two rooms of the Archbishop's High School in Nagyszombat. In 1915, he was one of the founders of the Saint Stephen Academy. In addition to works on church themes, he wrote local history studies and biographies (including those on Miklós Pálffy and János Don Bosco).