John Peter Marchi | |
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Born | 1663 |
Died | 1733 |
Nationality | Venetian |
Other names | Giovanni Pietro Marchi |
Occupation | Jurist |
Years active | 1680–1733 |
Known for | Illyrian 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]