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Nikola Modruški

Roman Catholic bishop, writer · Religious Figures · Lived 1425 to 1480 · aged 55

Nicholas of Modruš, born in Boka Kotorska, was a bishop of Modruš in Lika, the Pope's representative at the courts of King Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia and King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (1463-1464). His huge library was left to the newly founded Vatican library.

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In 1478/79, he wrote a treatise in defence of the Glagolitic alphabet which he sent from Rome to the Modruš bishopric. It is regarded to be the first polemic treatise in the history of Croatian literature, and it was written in the Glagolitic Script. He is buried in the church of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome.

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Category
Religious Figures
Type
Religious Figure
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1425 to 1480 · aged 55