# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-balic
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:00:02.178Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-balic"
name: "Charles Balic"
slug: "charles-balic"
description: "Charles Balic was a Croatian Franciscan Mariologist. Friar Charles Balić was a famous theologian, specializing in the figure and works of John Duns Scotus, and Rector of the Pontifical University Antonianum of Rome. He was the founder of the Pontifical Academy of Mary and President of the International Scotistic Commission. He was the principal redactor in the editing of the chapter VIII of the Lumen gentium with \"De Beata\" redaction. He has been important for the ecumenical mariology. Balic is considered as one of the top representative of the \"Marian movement\" in the 20th century: his appointment was conclusive for the proclamation of the dogma of the assumption."
tagline: "Croatian Franciscan Mariologist (1899–1977)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Balic.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1899-12-09"
deathDate: "1977-04-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.47
  momentum:             2.621359223300971
  historical:           5.271346666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Balic"
    title: "Carlos Balic"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "تشارلز باليك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Balic"
    title: "Charles Balic"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Bali%C4%87"
    title: "Carlo Balić"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlo_Bali%C4%87"
    title: "Karlo Balić"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlo_Bali%C4%87"
    title: "Karlo Balić"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3659037"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump