Ivan Paštrić

Ivan Paštrić
Born	1636 Poljica, Republic of Poljica
Died	20 March 1708(1708-03-20) (aged 71–72) Rome, Papal States
Resting place	Illyrian College of Loreto
Other names	Iohannes Pastritius Giovanni Pastrizio
Occupation(s)	scientist, poet and editor

Ivan Paštrić (Latin: Iohannes Pastritius, Italian: Giovanni Pastrizio) (1636 – 20 March 1708) was a Croatian scientist, poet, linguist and editor of the Glagolitic liturgical books.^[1]

Biography

Paštrić was born in Poljica in Dalmatia and taken to Split in the first year of his life.^[1] In Split baptismal records is recorded that Ivan Paštrić, son of Antonia and Ivanica, was baptized by Andrea Reggio on 15 June 1636.^[2]

Paštrić was lecturer at the college of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith in Rome.^[3] In about 1700 donated his rich library to the seminary in Split. The books he donated became a basis of the Split Seminary Library.^[3] Jerolim Kavanjin referred to Paštrić as "master of all science".^[3]

Paštrić was probably a member of the Illyrian Academy founded in 1703 by John Peter Marchi.^[4] The establishment of the academy was probably initiated by Paštrić.^[5] Since 1691, he was a member of the Pontifical Academy of Arcadia.^[6] During last two years of his life Paštrić was president of the Illyrian Society of St. Jerome.^[7]

Paštrić died in Rome on 20 March 1708.^[6] He was buried in the yard of the guesthouse of the Illyrian College of Loreto.^[8]

See also

• List of Glagolitic books

References

1. umjetnosti 1980, p. 167.
2. Golub, Kovačić & Šimundža 1988, p. 219.
3. Stipčević 1975, p. 51.
4. Božić-Bužančić 1999, p. 183.
5. Morović & Anzulović 1988, p. 138.
6. Mrkonjić 2014. sfn error: no target: CITEREFMrkonjić2014 (help)
7. Stulli 1969, p. 406.
8. Fine 2006, p. 426.

Sources

• Mrkonjić, Tomislav (2014). "PASTRIZIO, Giovanni". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 81: Pansini–Pazienza (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.
• Božić-Bužančić, Danica (1999). Ivan Petar Marchi-Markić:Njegovo djelovanje i njegova oporuka. Zavod Povijesti Znanosti HAZU.
• Golub, Ivan; Kovačić, Slavko; Šimundža, Drago (1988). Ivan Paštrić 1636-1708: život, djelo i suvremenici : zbornik radova Znanstvenog skupa o 350. obljetnici rođenja. Crkva u Svijetu. ISBN 978-86-80201-07-8.
• umjetnosti, Jugoslavenska akademija znanosti i (1980). Starine.
• Stulli, Bernard (1969). Arhivski vjesnik.
• Fine, John V. A. Jr. (1 January 2006). When Ethnicity Did Not Matter in the Balkans: A Study of Identity in Pre-Nationalist Croatia, Dalmatia, and Slavonia in the Medieval and Early-Modern Periods. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0-472-02560-0.
• Mrkonjić, Tomislav (1989). Il Teologo Ivan Paštrić (Giovanni Pastrizio) (1636-1708): Vita - opere - concezione della teologia - cristologia. Seraphicum.
• Stipčević, Aleksandar (1975). Libraries in Croatia. Croatian Library Association.
• Morović, Hrvoje; Anzulović, Neda (1988). Izbor iz djela. Književni Krug.