Martin Dobrović

Martin Dobrović
BornThe end of the 16th century
Died1621
Other namesMartin Dubravić,[1] Martinus Dobrouitius
OccupationCatholic priest

Martin Dobrović or Martin Dubravić (1599–1621) was a Catholic priest. After finishing his education in Graz, he became a parson of Ivanić Grad and later became a priest in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zagreb.

Biography

Martin Dobrović was originally a Serbian Orthodox Christian of a Bosnian Vlach background.[2][3][4] His parents had migrated from Bosnia to what is now modern-day Croatia.[5][6] With a recommendation from the Bishop of Ljubljana, Thomas Chrön, the Catholic Church educated him as a priest at a school in Graz.[5][7] He studied there from 1599 to 1608.[2] As a student of literature, he wrote a song entitled Eidem, (Latin: Litterarum humaniorum studiosus) which was published in 1601.[8] After graduating, Dobrović became parson of Ivanić and chaplain of the German Military Garrison in Ivanić.[9]

As parson of Ivanić Grad, Dobrović actively tried to convert Eastern Orthodox Serbians, who had migrated from the Ottoman Empire to Catholicism.[5] However, his endeavors were not successful.[10] He began his endeavors before Simeon Vratanja was appointed as the bishop of Marča.[11] In 1609, Dobrović was authorised by Pope Paul V, to bring Eastern Orthodox Christians to the union with the Catholic Church as Eastern Catholics.[5][11] Dobrović convinced Vratanja to accept Eastern Catholicism and to recognise the Pope's jurisdiction over Eastern Catholic dioceses.[12][13] In 1611, Dobrović and Vretanja traveled to Rome together. Simeon met with the Pope and formally accepted Eastern Catholicism.[14] In March 1613, in Marča Monastery, Dobrović and Simeon had a meeting with several notable Serbian dukes and tried to convince them to convert to Eastern Catholicism and to accept the oversight of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zagreb.[15][16] The union was mostly unsucessfull and didn't leave a significant mark.[17]

Dobrović died in 1621.[18]

References

  1. ^ Kudelić 2007, p. 162.
  2. ^ a b Kudelić 2007, p. 163.
  3. ^ Kudelić 2010, p. 144.
  4. ^ Petrić 2006, pp. 59–60.
  5. ^ a b c d HKD 2005, p. 545.
  6. ^ (Croatia) 1966, p. 18.
  7. ^ SANU 1950, p. 49.
  8. ^ Lamormain & Kerpchich 1601, p. 32.
  9. ^ Zlatko Kudelić, Isusovačko izvješće o krajiškim nemirima 1658. i 1666. godine i o marčanskom biskupu Gabrijelu Mijakiću (1663.-1670.), 2007, Hrvatski institut za povijest, page 155
  10. ^ Vukšić 2015, pp. 277–278.
  11. ^ a b Kolarić 2002, p. 77.
  12. ^ Ivić 1909, p. 45.
  13. ^ arhiv 1916, p. 89.
  14. ^ Institut 2002, p. 52.
  15. ^ štamparija 1922, p. 207.
  16. ^ Samardžić 1981, p. 458.
  17. ^ Vukšić 2015, pp. 284–285.
  18. ^ umjetnosti 1906, p. 138.

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