Petar Perica, SJ (27 June 1881, in Kotišina near Makarska – 25 October 1944, in Daksa) was a Croatian Catholic priest and a member of the Jesuits.
He authored the hymns "Zdravo Djevo" and "Do nebesa nek se ori".
After Pope Leo XIII consecrated the world to the Sacred Heart in 1899, in Croatia an initiative was launched with the help of Perica intended to draw Croatian youth to dedicate themselves to the Sacred Heart.
A brochure was released to this purpose, which included Perica's "Do nebesa nek se ori",[1] which remains one of the most popular Croatian liturgical songs.
[2] In October 1944, Perica was murdered by Yugoslav Partisans on the island of Daksa, near Dubrovnik.