: One hundred and fifty years ago (May 12, 1872) Anton Korošec, a leading figure
of the Slovene political life between two world wars, was born at Biserjane near Sv. Jurij
ob Ščavnici. He was a priest of the Lavant (Maribor) Diocese. He exercised priestly duties
only at the beginning of his public activities, but the fact that he was a priest was a significant
feature of his whole life and marked both his political career and his place in the Slovene
historiography. As the leader of the strongest Slovene political party, he was supported by the
majority of his fellow priests. He was considered as the Slovene national leader and a thorn
in the flesh of the centralist and unitarian parties. He got in occasional conflicts with the
bishops, and the Pope's representative in Belgrade was also not in his favor.
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