Grgo Martić Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Fra
Grgo Martić
Religion:Roman Catholic
Order:Franciscan
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Birth Date:24 January 1822
Birth Place:Rastovača, Eyalet of Bosnia, Ottoman Empire
Death Place:Kreševo, Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary
Ordination:1845

Grgo Martić (24 January 1822 – 30 August 1905),[1] also known as Grga or Mato Martić,[1] was a Bosnian friar, writer, and translator in the Franciscan Province of Bosna Srebrena.

Biography

Martić was born in the village of Rastovača, near Posušje, in the Eyalet of Bosnia, then a part of the Ottoman Empire. He studied philosophy in Zagreb before completing his theology degree in Stolni Biograd (now Székesfehérvár, Hungary).[1] He was ordained in 1845 in Travnik.

He served for three years in Kreševo and Osova.

From 1851 to 1878, he served as a parish priest in Sarajevo before settling at the Franciscan monastery St. Catharine in Kreševo.[1] As a friar of the Franciscan Province of Bosna Srebrena, Martić served the majority of his life, and carried out most of his work while at the monastery.[2] [3]

In his youth, he was a supporter of Illyrian movement as a nationalist and romanticist, before switching to a more moderate view.[2] [3] [4]

Martić worked as a writer and translator, translating works of Homer, Tolstoy, and Goethe into the Croatian language.[1] [5] At the time of the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, he was politically active on behalf of the Catholics of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Influences and legacy

He opened a school in Kreševo in 1847 and a gymnasium in Sarajevo. His best-known literary work was Avengers (Osvetnici), an epic about the struggle against Ottoman rule.[6] Martić made contributions to Albanian culture as well, influencing young Albanian writer Gjergj Fishta who attended Franciscan schools in Kreševo where he met Martić and Croatian writer Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević, who at that time also lived in Bosnia.[7]

Literary works

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Martić, Grgo. Hrvatska enciklopedija, mrežno izdanje . 2021. Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža . 30 November 2023. hr.
  2. Web site: Fra Grgo Martić (1822-1905) biodata. https://archive.today/20120720145453/http://www.bosnasrebrena.ba/php/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=33. dead. 20 July 2012. 16 March 2009. sh.
  3. Web site: Biography: O fra Grgi Martiću. 16 March 2009. sh. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090519034507/http://www.fragrgomartic.com/fra_grgo.php. 19 May 2009.
  4. Bibliografski rad Ivana Franje Jukića i kraj kulturne povijesti. Bibliografije kao izvor za povijest knjige i kulturnu povijest. Harni. Slavko. 16 April 2009. 1. 1.
  5. Web site: Martić, Grgo . Hrvatska enciklopedija, mrežno izdanje . www.enciklopedija.hr . Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža, 2021. . 15 June 2023 .
  6. Web site: 2017-11-20. Fra Grgo Martić (1822. - 1905.. 21 June 2020. Bosna Srebrena. en.
  7. http://www.slideshare.net/madopol/pater-gjergj-fishta-18711940 Pater Gjergj Fishta (1871-1940)
  8. Web site: STAMP: Father Grgo Martić. 16 March 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110706131735/http://www.post.ba/enMarka.php?idMarke=194. 6 July 2011.
  9. Web site: Trg fra Grge Martića - Mapa Sarajeva - Navigator . www.navigator.ba . Navigator - Mapa Sarajeva . 13 August 2019 . bs.
  10. Web site: Projekat sanacije i rekonstrukcije fasada na Trgu fra Grge Martića i u Štrosmajerovoj ulici . spomenici-sa.ba . Kantonalni zavod za zaštitu kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa . 13 August 2019 . sh, en . 22 December 2006.
  11. Web site: Trg fra Grge Martića NN - address of the Katedrala Srca Isusova u Sarajevu – Katedrala Sarajevo . katedrala-sarajevo.com . Katedrala Sarajevo . 13 August 2019 . sh.

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