Andrija Zmajević
Andrija Zmajević (Cyrillic: Андрија Змајевић; 6 June 1628 - 7 September 1694) was a Baroque poet, the Archbishop of Antivari and a theologian.
Andrija Zmajević Андрија Змајевић | |
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Bust of Andrija Zmajević | |
| Born | 6 June 1628 |
| Died | 7 September 1694 |
| Nationality | Venetian |
| Occupation(s) | theologian and poet |
| Notable work | Ljetopis crkovni, Slovinskoj Dubravi, Boj Peraški |
Biography
The Zmajević family hailed from Vrba, a village from the region of the Njeguši tribe; when the last members of the Crnojević family left the Principality of Zeta, Nikola Zmajević and his cousins Ivaniš and Vučeta moved to Kotor, at the beginning of the 16th century. There, they quickly converted from Christian Orthodoxy in favor of Roman Catholicism, by marrying “Latin” women.[1][2] Becoming appealed and somewhat wealthy, the family acquired property and gained a reputation and a name in Kotor.[1]
Andrija Zmajević was born in Perast, in the Bay of Kotor, at the time part of the Republic of Venice, in late July 1628. His grandmother Anđuša had moved from Kotor to Perast in the early 17th century, after the death of her husband.[1] After finishing the Fransiscan primary school in his native town, Andrija Zmajević continued his education in Kotor, before moving to the College for the Propagation of the Faith, in Rome, where he earned a doctorate of philosophy and theology.[3][4] In 1656, back in Perast, he became the town's pastor and the abbot of the monastery of St. George, on the Sveti Đorđe Island.[4] In 1664, he became the vicar of the bishopric of Budva, where he remained after being appointed as titular archbishop of Bar in 1671, as the latter city was under Ottoman rule.[4]
Work
He collected epic and lyric folk songs and transcribed the works of Dubrovnik poets, notably Ivan Gundulić. His most important theological and historical work is Ljetopis Crkovni (“Church Chronicles”, written in 1675),[5] and illustrated by himself and his countryman Tripo Kokolja. With the exception of the poem Od pakla, published in Venice in 1727, all his works remained in manuscript, some of which have been lost.[5] Among the most notable are:[6][page needed][5]
- Ljetopis crkovni (“Church chronicles”)
- Svadja Lazarevih kćeri, Brankovice i Miloševice (“The Quarrel of Lazar’s daughters, wife of Branko and wife of Miloš”)
- Boj Peraški (“The Battle of Perast”); lost
- Slovinskoj Dubravi (“Of Slavic Dubrovnik”)
- Tripu Škuri (“Of Tripo Škura”)
- Od pakla (“From Hell”); lost
Zmajević's 1675 Church Chronicle had recorded much secular history.[7]
Zmajević wrote both in Cyrillic and in Latin scripts.[8] Zmajević called the language in which he wrote "Slavic" (slovinski).[7] He justified his decision to write in Cyrillic script since it was used by the "Illyrian" and overall Slavic world.[9]
Zmajević saw all the South Slavs as the same people and hoped for the Orthodox Serbs to be united in the Roman faith.[7] He praised Saint Sava, while incorrectly depicting him as faithful to Rome.[7]
Legacy
The Croatian Encyclopedia describes him as a 'Croatian archbishop and writer' and notes that his few remaining works are archived by HAZU.[10]
References
- ^ a b c Zmajević 1996a, p. 8.
- ^ Živković 2016, p. 214.
- ^ Babić 2016, p. 289.
- ^ a b c Djukanović 2023, p. 408.
- ^ a b c Babić 2016, p. 292.
- ^ Poezija Dubrovnika i Boke Kotorske u doba renesanse, baroka i prosvećenosti, Zlata Bojović
- ^ a b c d John V. A. Fine, Jr. (5 February 2010). When Ethnicity Did Not Matter in the Balkans: A Study of Identity in Pre-Nationalist Croatia, Dalmatia, and Slavonia in the Medieval and Early-Modern Periods. p. 300. ISBN 978-0472025602. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ Papović, Dragutin (2009). Primjeri filantropije u Crnoj Gori do kraja XX vijeka (in Serbo-Croatian). Podgorica: Fond za aktivno građanstvo. p. 33. ISBN 978-9940-9210-0-2. Retrieved 2022-03-27 – via Issuu.
- ^ Pantić, Miroslav (1990). Knjizevnost na tlu Crne Gore i Boke Kotorske od XVI do XVIII veka. Srpska književna zadruga. Retrieved 2019-07-04 – via Project Rastko.
illyrica elementa B. Cyrili, quibus universa nostra natio utitur, "sveti Ćirilo takođe istomu jeziku učini slova, kojimi ne samo Dalmacija i Srbija, dali Polonija, Moskovija, Rusija, Moldavija, Bulgarija i ostale države na susjedstvu služe se"
- ^ "Zmajević, Andrija". Croatian Encyclopedia (in Croatian). Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
Sources
- Prednjegoševsko doba, Titograd 1963.[author missing][ISBN missing]
- Babić, Vanda (2016). "Zmajevići - prilog kulturnoj povijesti Mediterana". Istorijski zapisi (in Croatian). LXXXIX (3–4): 287–303.
- Djukanović, Bojka (2023). Historical Dictionary of Montenegro. London: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781538139141.
- Živković, Zoran D. (2016). Mediteranski svet u srpskoj književnosti [Mediterranean World in Serbian Literature] (PDF) (PhD) (in Serbian). University in Belgrade.
- Zmajević, Andrija (1996a). Pižurica, Mato (ed.). Ljetopis crkovni [Church chronicles]. Književnost Crne Gore od XII do XIX vijeka (in Serbian). Vol. I. Cetinje: Obod. OCLC 39054095.
- Zmajević, Andrija (1996b). Pižurica, Mato (ed.). Ljetopis crkovni [Church chronicles]. Književnost Crne Gore od XII do XIX vijeka (in Serbian). Vol. II. Cetinje: Obod. OCLC 39054095.