[2] He spent several years in Rome, where he arrived still child, to succeed his uncle Stephan, ambassador to Pope Sixtus IV.

It was in this period that he produced Lexicon (1480), an encyclopedic dictionary in Latin, 429 pages long and in quarto format (33 x 23 cm).

His main work, De Epidauro, was a draft of an epic poem, about the Ottoman invasions of Ragusan territory.

A staunch supporter of Latin, he disliked Slavic,[3] which was spoken in the Republic in great numbers.

Nec sapio Illyriam, sed uiuo et tota Latina Maiestate loquor.»English: «Now I shine as descendant of the great Rome.