Bartol Kašić

Bartol Kašić (Croatian pronunciation: [bâːrtol kǎʃit͡ɕ]; Latin: Bartholomaeus Cassius, Italian: Bartolomeo Cassio; August 15, 1575 – December 28, 1650) was a Croatian Jesuit clergyman and grammarian during the Counter-Reformation, who wrote the first Illyrian grammar and translated the Bible and the Roman Rite into Illyrian (a name used for the early Croatian or Serbo-Croatian language).

Bartol Kašić
Kašić bust in the Town of Pag
BornAugust 15, 1575
Pag, Republic of Venice (present-day Croatia)
DiedDecember 28, 1650(1650-12-28) (aged 75)
Rome
Other namesBartul Kašić
Bogdančić (signature)
Pažanin ("of Pag", signature)
CitizenshipRepublic of Ragusa, Republic of Venice
EducationIllyric College in Loreto
Rome
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