Marin Temperica | |
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 The first Slavic language grammar published by Bartol Kašić in Rome in 1604, based on the request of Marin Temperica | |
| Born | December 1534 |
| Died | 1591 or 1598 |
| Nationality | Ragusan |
| Other names | Marin Temparica, Marino Temparizza,[1] Marin Temperičić[2] |
| Occupation(s) | merchant, jesuit and linguist |
Marin Temperica or Marin Temparica (December 1534 – 1591/1598) was a 16th-century Ragusan merchant, Jesuit and linguist.[1] In 1551, after receiving basic education in Dubrovnik, he moved to Ottoman part of Balkans and spent 24 years working as a merchant. Temperica was one of the first chaplains of the Jesuit household in Istanbul. He returned to Dubrovnik in 1575 and continued his activities in Jesuit religious congregation of the Catholic Church.
Temperica understood the importance of the Slavic literary language understandable all over the Balkans for easier conversion of the schismatic population of Ottoman Empire. In 1582 he wrote a report to Jesuit general Claudio Acquaviva in which he insisted on publishing the Illyrian language dictionaries and grammars. He requested establishment of a seminary in Dubrovnik in which the Catholic religion would be taught in the Shtokavian dialect. His observations and requests were the basis for the first Slavic language grammar published by Bartol Kašić in Rome in 1604 and for the modern-day Croatian language standard.
- ^ a b V. A. Fine 2010, p. 236.
- ^ Vanino, Miroslav (1936). Vrela i prinosi. Nova tiskara. p. 180.
Temperica (Temperičić) M.