Simon Péchi

Chancellor Simon Péchi (c. 1570/1575–1642) was a Hungarian Székely official, and wealthy supporter of Matthias Vehe and nobleman András Eőssi's Szekler Sabbatarians movement in Transylvania.^[1][2] The influence of Péchi's Sabbatarian prayer book contributed to the conversion of around twenty thousand Székelys to Sabbatarianism in the late sixteenth century.^[3] Samuel Kohn, Chief Rabbi of Budapest, and the first scholar to take an interest in the Sabbatarians among the Transylvanian unitarians, published a biography of Péchi as part of his studies in 1899.^[4]

Simon Péchi
Chancellor of Transylvania
In office 1613–1621
Monarch	Gabriel Bethlen
Preceded by	Vacant last office-holder: János Imreffy
Succeeded by	Vacant next office-holder: István Kovacsóczy
Personal details
Born	1570 Peçuy, Sanjak of Peçuy, Ottoman Hungary (today: Pécs, Hungary)
Died	December 1643 (aged 72-73) Szenterzsébet, Principality of Transylvania (today: Eliseni, Romania)
Spouse(s)	1, Judit Kornis 2, Katalin Barlabássy

The native form of this personal name is szerdahelyi Péchi Simon. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Works

• Atyák mondásai — Pirqé ávot^[5]