Pavao Posilović

The Most Reverend Pavao Posilović
Bishop of Skradin Bishop of Duvno
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Diocese	Skradin
In office	1642 – before 1657
Predecessor	Toma II Ivković
Successor	Grgur Civalelli
Other posts	Apostolic administrator of Bosnia (1648–1650)[1]
Personal details
Born	1600 Glamoč, Bosnia Eyalet
Died	before 1657 Rama, Bosnia Eyalet
Nationality	Bosnian Croat
Denomination	Roman Catholic

Pavao Posilović (1600-before 1657) was a Bosnian Franciscan, writer and bishop.

Life

Pavao was born in Glamoč, Tropolje. He entered in Franciscan order in Visovac and then went to study in Italy. After graduation in philosophy and theology, Pavao returned to the Franciscan Province of Bosna Srebrena. In 1642 he was appointed Bishop of Skradin. After 1644 ha was administrator of several dioceses in Bosnia and Dalmatia that have fallen under Ottoman rule, as well as apostolic vicar in Slavonia.

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).^[2][3]

References

1. "Biskupi" (in Croatian). Vrhbosanska nadbiskupija. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
2. Andrić, Ivo. The Development of Spiritual Life in Bosnia under the Influence of Turkish Rule. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
3. "Stara knjižnica" (in Croatian). Franciscan museum Gorica. Retrieved 25 February 2014.