Sebastiano Dolci
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Sebastijan Slade, also Sebastiano Dolci, (1699-1777) was a writer who made his home in the Republic of Ragusa
Republic of Ragusa
The Republic of Ragusa or Republic of Dubrovnik was a maritime republic centered on the city of Dubrovnik in Dalmatia , that existed from 1358 to 1808...

. In 1750 he published a biography of Saint Jerome
Saint Jerome
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. 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
    Venice
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     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).

See also

  • Republic of Ragusa
    Republic of Ragusa
    The Republic of Ragusa or Republic of Dubrovnik was a maritime republic centered on the city of Dubrovnik in Dalmatia , that existed from 1358 to 1808...

  • List of notable Ragusans
  • Dubrovnik
    Dubrovnik
    Dubrovnik is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea coast, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva county. Its total population is 42,641...

  • Dalmatia
    Dalmatia
    Dalmatia is a historical region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. It stretches from the island of Rab in the northwest to the Bay of Kotor in the southeast. The hinterland, the Dalmatian Zagora, ranges from fifty kilometers in width in the north to just a few kilometers in the south....

  • History of Dalmatia
    History of Dalmatia
    The History of Dalmatia concerns the history of the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea and its inland regions, stretching from the 2nd century BC up to the present....


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