Toma Babić (c. 1680 – 31 July 1750) was a Croatian writer and

Franciscan The Franciscans are a group of related organizations in the Catholic Church, founded or inspired by the Italian saint Francis of Assisi. They include three independent Religious institute, religious orders for men (the Order of Friars Minor bei ...

priest living in

Dalmatia Dalmatia (; ; ) is a historical region located in modern-day Croatia and Montenegro, on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea. Through time it formed part of several historical states, most notably the Roman Empire, the Kingdom of Croatia (925 ...

(then part of the

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). His best known work is ''Cvit razlika mirisa duhovnoga'', popularly known as ''Babuša'', which is a compilation of religious and philosophical poems and sayings initially published in 1726. It was the second most read book in Croatian during the 18th century after

Andrija Kačić Miošić Andrija Kačić Miošić (; 17 April 1704 – 14 December 1760) was a Croatian poet and Franciscan friar, as well as a descendant of the Kačić noble family, one of the oldest and most influential Croatian noble families. Biography Born in ...

's ''Razgovor ugodni naroda slovinskoga''. The work subsequently inspired

Filip Grabovac Filip Grabovac or Filip Grahovac (1697/98 – 13 February 1749) was a Croatian Franciscan priest, professor, patriot, poet and writer. Grabovac was born in a village Podosoje near Vrlika. His schooling was at the Franciscan monastery in Brist. ...

's ''Cvit razgovora naroda i jezika iliričkoga aliti rvackoga'' (1747) and is regarded as a predecessor to both him and Andrija Kačić Miošić.Slavko Ježić, Hrvatska književnost: od početka do danas: 1100-1941., 2. izd., GZH, Zagreb, 1993., , str. 163.-164.

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