Pavao Štoos (10 December 1806 – 30 March 1862) was a Croatian poet, priest and a revivalist. After graduating theology in Zagreb, he served as a bishop's secretary for a brief period, and from 1842 he was a pastor of the

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parish. Štoos is a notable person among Croatian patriots; as the author of a well-known elegy ''Kip domovine vu početku leta 1831'', collaborator of Ljudevit Gaj's ''

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'', he clearly articulated his concerns over the foreign oppression and the de-nationalisation of the common people (''vre i svoj jezik zabit Horvati hote ter drugi narod postati''). Štoos pessimistically observes contemporary political and cultural movements, seeing the country as if trapped in the darkness of a dungeon (''srce od plača ne mrem zdržati''). Besides the literature, he was also engaged in music and has published in 1858 ''Kitice srkvenih pjesama s napjevima''. He is the author of the song "Poziv u kolo ilirsko". In 1862 he was appointed as a Zagreb

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, but he died before he managed to officially receive the title.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stoos, Pavao 1806 births 1862 deaths Croatian male poets People from Dubravica 19th-century Croatian Roman Catholic priests Burials at Mirogoj Cemetery 19th-century Croatian poets 19th-century male writers People of the Illyrian movement