John Peter Marchi

John Peter Marchi
Born
Ivan Petar Marki (Markić[1][2])

1663
Republic of Venice
Died1733
NationalityVenetian
Other namesGiovanni Pietro Marchi
OccupationJurist
Years active1680–1733
Known forIllyrian Academy

John Peter Marchi (Italian: Giovanni Pietro Marchi, Serbo-Croatian: Ivan Petar Marki; 1663–1733)[3] was a Venetian jurist, member of the Split nobility and founder and president of the Illyrian Academy (Academia Illyrika iliti vam Slovinska).[4][5] Marchi supported and worked for the liberation of the Sanjak of Bosnia from the Ottoman Empire and conversion of its population to Catholicism.[6]

  1. ^ Zemaljska 1897, p. 445.
  2. ^ Fine 2006, p. 440.
  3. ^ Božić-Bužančić 1999, p. 146, 202.
  4. ^ hrvatska 1952, p. 318.
  5. ^ Ljubić 1869.
  6. ^ Božić-Bužančić 1999, p. 191.