The Most Reverend

Pavao Posilović
Bishop of Skradin
Bishop of Duvno
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseSkradin
In office1642 – before 1657
PredecessorToma II Ivković
SuccessorGrgur Civalelli
Other post(s)Apostolic administrator of Bosnia (1648–1650)[1]
Personal details
Born1597
Glamoč, Bosnia Eyalet
Diedbefore 1657
Rama, Bosnia Eyalet
NationalityCroat
DenominationRoman Catholic

Pavao Posilovich, O.F.M. or Pavao Posilović (1597–1657) was a Roman Catholic prelate who was Bishop of Duvno (1655–1657) and Bishop of Skradin (1642–1655).[2][3][4][5]

Life

Paul Posilovich was born in Glamoč in 1597 and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.[3] On 16 June 1642, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Scardona.[2][3][4] On 7 September 1642, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Battista Maria Pallotta, Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite, with Alfonso Gonzaga, Titular Archbishop of Rhodus, and Patrizio Donati, Bishop of Minori, as co-consecrators.[3] On 25 October 1655, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Bishop of Duvno.[2][3][4] He was Bishop of Duvno until his death in 1657.[2][3]

Works

Pavao wrote two didactic works in Croatian Cyrillic:

  • Cviet od koristih duhovnih i tilesnie, izvaden iz jezika latinskoga u jezili ilirisčki aliti slovinski (Venice, 1647)
  • Naslagjenje duhovno (Venice, 1639; 1682).[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Biskupi" (in Croatian). Vrhbosanska nadbiskupija. Archived from the original on 28 November 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 307 and 178. (in Latin)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Bishop Paul Posilovich, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 29, 2016
  4. 1 2 3 "Diocese of Mostar-Duvno" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved October 7, 2016
  5. ↑ "Diocese of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 7, 2016
    - "Diocese of Scardona (Skradin)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 29, 2016
    - "Titular Episcopal See of Skradin" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved October 29, 2016
  6. ↑ Andrić, Ivo (22 January 1991). The Development of Spiritual Life in Bosnia under the Influence of Turkish Rule. Duke University Press. ISBN 0822382555. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
    - "Stara knjižnica" (in Croatian). Franciscan museum Gorica. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
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