Daniel Vocatius
Daniel Vocatius OFM Conv, sometimes Vocensis, Vocacensis or Vocacio (died 1577) was a Croat prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of Duvno from 1551 to 1575 and the bishop of Muro Lucano from 1575 to his death in 1577.
The Most Reverend Daniel Vocatius OFM Conv | |
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| Bishop of Muro Lucano | |
| Native name | Daniel Glasnić or Glasnović |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Muro Lucano |
| Appointed | 9 May 1575 |
| Term ended | Early 1577 |
| Predecessor | Giulio Ricci |
| Successor | Vincenzo Petrolini |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | Late 1551 or early 1552 by Bernardino Maffei |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Unknown Split, Republic of Venice |
| Died | Early 1577 Muro Lucano, Kingdom of Naples |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Duvno (1551–75) |
A native of Split in present-day Croatia, Vocatius was appointed the bishop of Duvno in the Ottoman Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1551, on the request of the local populace. At the same time, he was given the administration over the neighbouring Diocese of Makarska, which included the territory in the Republic of Venice (present-day Croatia) and the Ottoman Empire (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina). Vocatius pastored his dioceses and was persecuted by the Ottoman authorities, which caught him and imprisoned him in 1565. After being ransomed by the Bosnian Franciscans, he continued to administer his dioceses from Split and Omiš, but eventually escaped to Spain. In 1575, for his sufferings under the Ottomans and freeing around 500 Catholics of Dalmatia and Herzegovina from the Ottoman captivity, he was given the new Diocese of Muro Lucano in southern Italy, where he died in 1577.