- Baltazar Dvorničić Napuly
Baltazar Dvorničić Napuly (died 1634) was a Croatian Catholic
cleric andlawyer .A native of
Koprivnica , he was a student in Bologna from at least 1581. Some have claimed that he had previously studied inGraz andVienna , but clear evidence is lacking. In Bologna he had earned his degrees in philosophy, theology, and both civil andcanon law by 1588. From November 1589 to December 1591 he was principal of the Hungarian–Illyrian (Croatian) college in Bologna. At this time he wrote his book "Methodica Processum Directio" (1590), on civil law, which shows the fruits of his collaboration with his friendsGašpar Petričević andIvan Kitonić . It was reprinted by Kitonić, without acknowledgement and under an altered title, in 1619.In 1588, while still studying and writing, he was appointed as archdeacon of
Varaždin , then in 1591 archdeacon ofGorički . Returning toZagreb in 1597, he took up posts atZagreb (Kaptol) cathedral, becoming in 1600 a custodian, and in 1601 a lecturer. In 1613 he was appointed prepositor ("prepošt", the principal ecclesiatical dean of Zagreb Kaptol). He also served as a member in the Hungarian parliament, and chairman of the High Court or "Banski stol". He wrote and published several books on law, and established the first law school in ZagrebFact|date=February 2007.
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