George Slatkonia[1][2][3] (German: Georg von Slatkonia, also Jurij Chrysippus, Slovenian: Jurij Slatkonja; 21 March 1456 – 26 April 1522) was a Carniolan choirmaster and the first residential Bishop of Vienna. He was also the first owner of an ex libris among the Slovenes. His coat of arms contained a golden horse, based on a false etymology of his surname (Slovene slat [≈ zlat] 'golden' + konja [≈ konj] 'horse'). (The surname actually refers to someone that enjoys sweet food.)[4]
- ^ Anderson, Robert (2002). Elgar and Chivalry. Rickmansworth, UK: Elgar Editions. p. 114.
- ^ Posset, Franz (2022). Renaissance Monks: A Group Portrait of Monastic Humanism: Collected Works. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock. p. 65.
- ^ Larry Silver (2022). "Caesar Ludens: Emperor Maximilian I and the Waning Middle Ages". In Penny, Schine Gold; Sax, Benjamin C. (eds.). Cultural Visions: Essays in the History of Culture. Leiden: Brill. p. 187.
- ^ Gruden, Josip (1910). Zgodovina slovenskega naroda, vol. 1. Klagenfurt: Družba sv. Mohorja. p. 313.
Priimek 'Sladkonja' bi namreč pomenilo zelo sladkosnedega človeka.