Andrija Zmajević

Andrija Zmajević (Cyrillic: Андрија Змајевић; 6 June 1628 - 7 September 1694) was a Baroque poet, Archbishop of Antivari, and Catholic theologian.

[1] Andrija Zmajević was born in Perast, in the Bay of Kotor, at the time part of the Republic of Venice, in late July 1628.

[1] After finishing the Franciscan primary school in his native town, Andrija Zmajević continued his education in Kotor, before moving to the College for the Propagation of the Faith, in Rome, where he earned a doctorate of philosophy and theology.

[4] He collected epic and lyric folk songs and transcribed the works of Dubrovnik poets, notably Ivan Gundulić.

His most important theological and historical work is Ljetopis Crkovni (“Church Chronicles”), completed in 1675[5] and illustrated by himself and his countryman Tripo Kokolja.