Bartol Sfondrati

Bartol Sfondrati
1583 edition of the translation of Ledesma catechism
Born1541
Ragusa, Republic of Ragusa (modern-day Croatia)
Died17 November 1583
Timișoara, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Romania)[1]
NationalityRagusan, Ottoman
Other namesBartolomeo Sfondrati
Known forfirst Ragusan jesuit
Notable workDottrina christiana. Composta per il P. D. Ledesma della Compagnia di Gesu; Et tradotta di lingua italiana in lingua Schiava per un padre della medesima Compagnia

Bartol Sfondrati (1541—1583) was 16th century Jesuit missionary who is considered as the first Ragusan Jesuit. Sfondrati became a jesuit in 1569 after graduating law at the University of Pavia.

  1. ^ (Vanino 1936, p. 4): "Bartol Sfondrati, prvi Dubrovčanin, koji je pošao u Isusovce (+ 1583. u Temesvaru)."