Pavao Posilovich, O.F.M. or Pavao Posilović (1597–1657) was a Roman Catholic prelate who was Bishop of Duvno (1655–1657) and Bishop of Skradin (1642–1655). ''(in Latin)''"Bishop Paul Posilovich, O.F.M."
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Life

Paul Posilovich was born in

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in 1597 and ordained a priest in the

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. On 16 June 1642, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Scardona. On 7 September 1642, he was consecrated bishop by

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, with

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of ''Rhodus'', and

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, as co-consecrators. On 25 October 1655, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Bishop of Duvno. He was Bishop of Duvno until his death in 1657.

Works

Pavao wrote two didactic works in Croatian Cyrillic: *''Cviet od koristih duhovnih i tilesnie, izvaden iz jezika latinskoga u jezili ilirisčki aliti slovinski'' (

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, 1647) *''Naslagjenje duhovno'' (Venice, 1639; 1682).
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References

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