Đurđević, Ignjat, 1675-1737

Ignat Đurđević was born in Dubrovnik (Ragusa), the son of Bernard Đurđević and Teresa Zlatarić, being baptized as Nikola (Nicolò) Đurđević. A renowned poet, he bagan his studies with the Jesuits in in Dubrovnik before going to Rome to study the arts and theology. He professed as a Jesuit and taught rhetoric in Ascoli. Due to illness, he left the Jesuits and became a Benedictine and later abbot at the Monastery of Saint Mary (Otočić Sveta Marija) in Mljet, Croatia, part of the Republic of Ragusa. The Ragusan Senate chose Đurđević as councilor and theologian, while he also served as one of the leaders of the Academia Otisorum Eruditorum. Đurđević is noted for his poetry and the controversy over the shipwreck of Saint Paul, which he argued was in Mjlet (Croatia), not Malta.

HMML ID
321245119173
PURL
https://w3id.org/haf/person/321245119173
LC name
Đurđević, Ignjat, 1675-1737
HMML name
Đurđević, Ignjat, 1675-1737
Library of Congress
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr89002192
VIAF
https://viaf.org/viaf/72188109

Variants

  • Džordži, Injacio
  • Georgii, Ignatii
  • Georgio, Ignatio
  • Georgius, Ignatius
  • Giorgi, Ignazio
  • Giorgi-Bernardo, Ignazio
  • Giorgio, Iganzio
  • Đorđić, Ignjat
  • Đurđević, Nicolò
  • Đurđević, Nikola

Name elements

Given names
Nikola
Family names
Đurđević
Religious names
Ignjat

Personal information

Birth date
1675
Death date
1737-01-12
Centuries
17th century CE ● 18th century CE
Gender
Males
Place born
Place residence
Associated countries
Associated places
Occupations
Historians ● Monks ● Poets ● Priests ● Teachers ● Theologians
Fields of activity
History ● Poetry ● Theology
Honorary titles
Abbot
Languages
Croatian ● Italian ● Latin

Affiliations

Affiliation

Personal relationships

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General notes

Description
Ignat Đurđević; parents, date of birth, poet, historian, theologian, Jesuit, Benedictine, name form Nikola and Nicolò, place of birth, date of death, studies in Rome, teacher in Ascoli, Abbot of Saint Mary, Mljet, member of Academy “degli Oziosi”
Citations
Noel Muscat and Sandro Tomašević, Melita Illyrica and Melita Africana: The Islands of Saint Paul (Malta: Commissariat of the Holy Land, 2018), un-paginated.
Citations
HMML 00200, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, accessed January 20, 2021, https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/504422.

Preferred citation

"Đurđević, Ignjat, 1675-1737." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified February 07, 2022. https://w3id.org/haf/person/321245119173

Change notes

Date added
2022-01-23
Last edited
2022-02-07

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