Lovro Šitović
Croatian grammarian and writer (c. 1682 – 1729) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lovro Šitović OFM (c. 1682 – 28 February 1729) was a Croatian Franciscan, grammarian and writer. In 1713, he published Grammatica Latino-Illyrica, which was the most-influential Latin-grammar text among Croats of its time.
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Born | Hasan Šitović c. 1682 Ljubuški, Herzegovina, Ottoman Empire |
Died | 28 February 1729(1729-02-28) (aged 46–47) Sebenico, Dalmatia, Republic of Venice |
Years active | Early modern period |
Known for | Authored Latin grammar for Croat students |
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Discipline | Grammar |
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Notable works | Grammatica Latino-Illyrica (1713) |
Influenced | Toma Babić,[1] Matija Antun Relković[2] |
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Šitović was a native of Ljubuški in Ottoman Herzegovina; he was born into a Muslim family and converted to Catholicism at a young age. He joined the Bosnian Franciscans, and served in Venetian Dalmatia as a professor of philosophy and theology. Besides publishing Latin grammar texts, Šitović was a popular author whose works were widely read by Catholics, especially those in Bosnia and Herzegovina.