Ivan Tomko Mrnavić

Ivan Tomko Mrnavić
Cover of the 1631 book Osmanchica authored by Mrnavić
Born 1579
Sebenico (Šibenik), Republic of Venice
Died 1637
Republic of Venice
Nationality Venetian
Other names Ioannes Tomcvs Marnauitius
Occupation Catholic bishop and author of historical works

Ivan Tomko Mrnavić (Latin: Ioannes Tomcvs Marnauitius) (1579–1637) was a Venetian Catholic bishop and author of historical works.[1] He was the author of several forgeries, with the most famous being that of the "Life of Justinian".[1] He also wrote a book on the Life of Saint Sava.

Views

Mrnavić believed that the Illyrians were Slavs.[1] He claimed that Skanderbeg, the national hero of Albania, was of Slav origin, which prompted Frang Bardhi to write a biography on Skanderbeg published in Venice in 1636[2] as a polemic against him, defending the Albanian identity of Skanderbeg.[3][4]

Bibliography

His works written in Latin include:

His works written in "Illyrian" language include:

  • Život Margarite blažene divice, kćeri Bele, kralja ugarskoga i hrvatskoga, 1613, translated from Italian
  • Žalosnoskazje Krispa Cezara, 1614 - translated from Latin, tragedy of Bernarda Stefoni
  • Život Magdalene od knezov Žirova, Rome 1626, Biblical-religious epic, translated to Italian, celebrating union of asceticism and anti-Turkish sentiment
  • Potuženje pokornika, songs on death of Jesus, half of the poem is translated from song written on Latin by Sannazar
  • Osmanšćica, drama written in 1631

References

  1. 1 2 3 Fine, John V. A. (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. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. p. 421.
  2. ↑ Georgius Castriotus Epirensis, vulgo Scanderbegh. Per Franciscum Blancum, De Alumnis Collegij de Propaganda Fide Episcopum Sappatensem etc. Venetiis, Typis Marci Ginammi, MDCXXXVI (1636).
  3. ↑ Bartl, Peter (2007). Bardhyl Demiraj, ed. Pjetër Bogdani und die Anfänge des alb. Buchdrucks. Nach Vier hundert fünfzig Jahren (in German). Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 273. ISBN 9783447054683. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  4. ↑ Elsie, Robert. "1959 Arshi Pipa: Communism and Albanian Writers". www.albanianhistory.net. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012. He also raised his voice to defend the Albanian identity of Scanderbeg against a Slavic Catholic priest who claimed that our national hero was a Slav.
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