Martin Dobrović
{{Short description|Catholic priest, 1599-1621}}
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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.
Early life and education
Born in a Serbian{{Sfn|Pavličević|1984|p=282}} Orthodox Christian family, Dobrović was born to parents who had migrated from Bosnia to what is now modern-day Croatia.{{Sfn|HKD|2005|p=545}}{{Sfn|(Croatia)|1966|p=18}} Later, his family converted to Catholicism.{{Sfn|SANU|1950|p=49}} With a recommendation from the Bishop of Ljubljana, Thomas Chrön, the Catholic church educated him as a priest at a school in Graz.{{Sfn|HKD|2005|p=545}}{{Sfn|SANU|1950|p=49}} He studied there from 1599 to 1608.{{Sfn|Kudelić|2007|p=163}} As a student of literature, he wrote a song entitled Eidem, ({{langx|la|Litterarum humaniorum studiosus}}) which was published in 1601.{{Sfn|Lamormain|Kerpchich|1601|p=32}} After graduating, Dobrović became parson of Ivanić and chaplain of the German Military Garrison in Ivanić.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
Conversion of Orthodox Serbians to Catholicism
As parson of Ivanić Grad, Dobrović actively tried to convert Orthodox Serbians, who had migrated from the Ottoman Empire to Catholicism.{{Sfn|HKD|2005|p=545}} He began his endeavors before Simeon Vratanja was appointed as the bishop of Marča.{{Sfn|Kolarić|2002|p=77}} In 1609, Dobrović was authorized by the Roman Catholic Pope, Pope Paul V, to convert Orthodox Serbians to the Catholic faith.{{Sfn|HKD|2005|p=545}}{{Sfn|Kolarić|2002|p=77}} Dobrović convinced Simeon Vratanja to accept the Eastern Catholicism and to recognize the Pope's jurisdiction over Eastern Catholic dioceses.{{Sfn|Ivić|1909|p=45}}{{Sfn|arhiv|1916|p=89}} In 1611, Dobrović and Vretanja traveled to Rome together. Simeon met with the Pope and formally accepted Eastern Catholicism.{{Sfn|Institut|2002|p=52}} 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 Catholicism and to accept the oversight of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zagreb.{{Sfn|štamparija |1922|p=207}}{{Sfn|Samardžić|1981|p=458}} Dobrović recommended Matija Sumer from Ivanić to be educated as a Catholic priest.Hrvoje Petrić, Katolička obnova i konfesionalne tolerancije, Zagreb, p. 59
Dobrović died in 1621.{{Sfn|umjetnosti|1906|p=138}}
References
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Sources
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- {{cite book|last=HKD|title=Marulić|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=89wKAQAAMAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Hrvatsko književno društvo sv. Ćirila i Metoda}}
- {{cite book|last=Kolarić|first=Juraj|title=Povijest kršćanstva u Hrvata: Katolička crkva|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ThQsAQAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Hrvatski studiji Sveučilišta u Zagrebu|isbn=978-953-6682-45-4}}
- {{cite book|last=(Croatia)|first=Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Zagreb|title=Šematizam Zagrebačke Nadbiskupije|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hd0-AAAAIAAJ|year=1966|publisher=Nadbiskupski duhovni stol}}
- {{cite book|last=Institut|title=Croatica Christiana Periodica|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hS3ZAAAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Institut za crkvenu povijest}}
- {{cite book|last=SANU|title=Posebna izdanja|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UwESD8ORlbcC|year=1950}}
- {{cite book|last=Kudelić|first=Zlatko|title=Marčanska biskupija: Habsburgovci, pravoslavlje i crkvena unija u Hrvatsko-slavonskoj vojnoj krajini (1611. - 1755)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RtFAAQAAIAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Hrvatski Inst. za Povijest|isbn=978-953-6324-62-0}}
- {{cite book|last=Ivić|first=Aleksa|title=Seoba srba u hrvatsku i slavoniju: prilog ispitivanju srpske prošlodti tokom 16. i 17. veka|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QOw7AQAAMAAJ|year=1909|publisher=Sremski karlovci}}
- {{cite book|last=arhiv|first=Croatia. Drzavni|title=Vjesnik|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q7gfAQAAMAAJ|year=1916}}
- {{cite book|last1=Lamormain|first1=Guillaume Germé de|last2=Kerpchich|first2=Andreas|title=Disputatio philosophica quinquaginta thesibus comprehensa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xqxKAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR32|year=1601|publisher=Widmanstadt}}
- {{cite book|last=štamparija |title=Prilozi za književnost, jezik, istoriju i folklor|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uHRIAAAAYAAJ|year=1922|publisher=Drzhavna štamparija Kralevine srba, khrbata i slovent︠s︡a}}
- {{cite book|last=Samardžić|first=Radovan|author-link=Radovan Samardžić|title=Istorija srpskog naroda|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XnNpAAAAMAAJ|year=1981|publisher=Srpska knjiiževna zadruga}}
- {{cite book|last=umjetnosti|first=Jugoslavenska akademija znanosti i|title=Ljetopis Jugoslavenske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TelDAAAAIAAJ|year=1906|publisher=Jugoslovenska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti.}}
- {{cite book|last=Pavličević|first=Dragutin|title=Vojna krajina: povijesni pregled, historiografija, rasprave|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zssKAAAAIAAJ|year=1984|publisher=Sveučilišna naklada Liber}}
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