Marijan Šunjić (cleric)
Marijan Šunjić may refer to: * Marijan Šunjić (bishop) (1798–1860), Bosnian Franciscan, bishop, writer and linguist * Marijan Šunjić (physicist) (born 1940), Croatian physicist, professor and diplomat {{hndis, Sunjic, Marijan ...
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Marijan Šunjić (bishop)
Marijan Šunjić (; 7 January 1798 – 28 September 1860) was a Bosnian Franciscan, Catholic bishop, Apostolic Vicar in Bosnia, writer, linguist; scientific, cultural and political worker. Life Fr. Marijan Šunjić was born in the village of Bučići near Travnik, Ottoman Bosnia at the end of the 18th century. At baptism he was named Ivo (in Bosnian short for ''Ivan'', i.e. ''John'') by his parents. He learned the basics of literacy from them, and continued his education in the Franciscan monastery of Guča Gora and the Franciscan monastery in Fojnica. He spent his novitiate year in Fojnica (1813–1814), and then started his studies of philosophy and theology in Zagreb and Mohács (1814–1821). Afterwards he studied oriental languages (Arabic, Turkish, and Persian) in Zagreb and Vienna. He spent eight months with the renowned polyglot cardinal Mezzofanti in Bologna, where he deepened and expanded his knowledge of the languages. Šunjić hence became well known for his knowledge ...
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