Original scientific paper

Contribution to the Biography of the Archbishop from Bar Matija Štukanović (1722-1743)

Lovorka Čoralić ; Hrvatski institut za povijest, Zagreb, Hrvatska

Abstract

The introductory part of the article summarily describes the church and general circumstances of the archbishopric in Bar at the beginning of the XVIIIth century, at a time when that area had been under Ottoman control for more than a century. On the basis of extant information from historiography, the article presents the most deserving branch of the Perast family Štukanović as well as the life trajectory and the activities of the central protagonist of this article – Matija Juraj Štukanović, the archbishop of Bar from 1722 to 1743. The last part of the article analyzes the last testament of archbishop Štukanović while a copy of the same testament is attached to the article as a supplement.

Keywords

Boka kotorska; Bar; Bar bishopric; Matija Juraj Štukanović; church history; early modern times

Hrčak ID:

48323

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/48323

Publication date:

23.11.2009.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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