[3] Martić was born in the village of Rastovača, near Posušje, in the Eyalet of Bosnia, then a part of the Ottoman Empire.

He studied philosophy in Zagreb before completing his theology degree in Stolni Biograd (now Székesfehérvár, Hungary).

[1][2] As a friar of the Franciscan Province of Bosna Srebrena, Martić served the majority of his life, and carried out most of his work while at the monastery.

His best-known literary work was Avengers (Serbo-Croatian: Osvetnici), an epic about the struggle against Ottoman rule.

[1] Martić made contributions to Albanian culture as well, influencing young Albanian writer Gjergj Fishta who attended Franciscan schools in Kreševo where he met Martić and Croatian writer Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević, who at that time also lived in Bosnia.