Pavle Stamatović ( Jakovo,

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, 11 April 1805 –

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, Principality of Serbia 14 September 1864) was a Serbian writer, historian, and archpriest. He chaired the delegation of

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at the

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. He was also a member of

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Biography

He was born in the town of Jakovo in Srem at the time when the Serbian territory was under Habsburg rule. He finished his primary and secondary education in Jakovo, Sremski Karlovci, and

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. He studied philosophy and theology at Sremski Karlovci and

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. In his last year at the Royal University of Pest, he became acquainted with

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, who happened to enroll at the same time when he was in his graduating year. In 1832 he became a monk in Pest and later, as a parish priest of the

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, from 1834 to 1844, he edited and published a Serbian almanac ''Srbska pčela'' (Serbian Bee) which had a significant circulation. He was transferred from his parish in Szeged to

. There he continued to publish his almanac and joined ''Matica Srpska''. He was elected president of ''Matica Srpska'' in 1831 and was a corresponding member of the Society of Serbian Letters from 11 June 1842 (now part of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. At the Szeged

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he initiated a student society called ''Mlado Jedinje'' promoting the study of Slavic languages and works of literature; published an almanac, ''Srbska pčela ili novi cvetnik'' for more than a decade (1830-1841); composed an ode to Slavic unity and brotherhood (''Slava slavenska u Evropi'', 1837); translated from Polish the monumental ''"Historya prawodawstw slowianskich"'' (History of Slavic Legislation) by

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; and the pioneering work ''"Prawda ruska"'' by Ignacy Benedikt Rakowiecki (1783-1839). He translated many Russian, Polish and Czech articles on Slavic affairs. He also wrote a book called ''Mladyj Serbljin u vsemirnom carstvu'', published in Buda in 1834.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stamatović, Pavle 19th-century Serbian writers 19th-century male writers 19th-century Serbian historians Serbian Orthodox clergy 1805 births 1864 deaths Writers from Belgrade