Sebastijan Slade

Sebastijan Slade, also Sebastiano Dolci, (1699-1777) was a Croatian writer who made his home in the Republic of Ragusa. In 1750 he published a biography of Saint Jerome. He joined the Franciscans at the age of 14 years, in 1744 he wrote about the Franciscan Order in Ragusa;

*"Monumenti Storici della Provincia Francescana di Ragusa (Neapel)".

He was also a great student of the "Ilyrian" (Croatian) language, publishing several books on this subject:
*"De Illiricae linguae vetustate et amplitudine", Venice 1754";
*"Fasti litterarii Ragusini, sive vivorum literatorum qui usque ad annum 1766 n Ragusina claruerunt ditione prospectus alphab.ordine exhibitus..."(Venice 1767). About the Ragusan/Dubrovnik Literary Chronicle)

In the theological scope, Slade translates the epistle of Hyeronymi Francisci Zanetti to illirian language (Ferrara, 1754).

ee also

* Republic of Ragusa
* List of notable Ragusans
* Dubrovnik
* Dalmatia
* History of Dalmatia

External links

* [http://www.literature.at/webinterface/library/ALO-BOOK_V01?objid=11807&page=351&zoom=3&ocr= Sebastiano Dolci]
* [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf206.iv.IV.html Christian Classics Ethereal Library: The Principal Works of St. Jerome]