Pavao Posilović
Croatian writer
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| Intro | Croatian writer | |
| Places | Croatia | |
| was | Priest | |
| Work field | Religion | |
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| Birth | 1 January 1597, Glamoč, Glamoč Municipality, Canton 10, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Death | 1 January 1657Prozor-Rama Municipality, Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina (aged 60 years) |
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Biography
Pavao Posilović (1600-before 1657) was a Bosnian Franciscan, writer and bishop.
Life
Pavao was born in Glamoč, Tropolje. He entered in Franciscan order in Visovac and then went to study in Italy. After graduation in philosophy and theology, Pavao returned to the Franciscan Province of Bosna Srebrena. In 1642 he was appointed Bishop of Skradin. After 1644 ha was administrator of several dioceses in Bosnia and Dalmatia that have fallen under Ottoman rule, as well as apostolic vicar in Slavonia.
Works
Pavao wrote two didactic works in Croatian Cyrillic:
- Cviet od koristih duhovnih i tilesnie, izvaden iz jezika latinskoga u jezili ilirisčki aliti slovinski (Venice, 1647)
- Naslagjenje duhovno (Venice, 1639; 1682).
- Andrić, Ivo. The Development of Spiritual Life in Bosnia under the Influence of Turkish Rule. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
- "Stara knjižnica" (in Croatian). Franciscan museum Gorica. Retrieved 25 February 2014.