The Zaguri were a noble Albanian family[1][2][3][4] that resided in Kotor (present-day Montenegro), at the time part of the Republic of Venice.

[8] Later documents from 1326 recorded that a certain Ilija Nikolin Zagurović from Bar moved to Kotor and bought a house.

Stefan Zagurović, great-grandfather of poet Ilija, was mentioned in 1420 as a member of the Great Council of Venice.

He participated in Battle of Lepanto, was agent of Council of Ten and was responsible for diplomatic mail transport between Venice and Constantinopol.

[18] Jerolim's sons Anđelo and Ivan Zagurović ordered and financed publishing of the catechism written by Jacques Ledesma and translated probably by Bartol Sfondrati, printed in Venice in 1583 in printing house of Camilo Zanetti.