Peregrin Obdržálek

Who was Peregrin Obdržálek?

Peregrin Obdržálek was a Catholic priest, author of religious literature, satire, and humorous tales and verses.

Peregrin Obdržálek studied in Uherská Skalice, Strážnice, then also philosophy and theology in Brno. After being ordained in 1850, he worked as a curate in Dražovice, Topolany, Brankovice, Pustiměř and in Tichá near Frenštát pod Radhoštěm. After this he became a parson in Blansko; additionally during his work in Břest he was appointed an honour consistory counsellor.

During his vocation he founded libraries in schools, hunted for members for various religious unions, established economic associations, mutual savings banks and heavily contributed to political and humorous-instruction magazines with verses and prose. He especially excelled as a satirist, his treatises Maloměstské dívek vychování, Nedělní zábava maloměšťáků, Osudná stovka či námluvy na venkově and many others appeared in the calendar Moravan. Not a few sermons and songs were published in the periodical Posvátná kazatelna.