Mihalj Šilobod Bolšić (1 November 1724 – 4 April 1787) was a Croatian
Roman Catholic
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priest, mathematician, writer, and
musical theorist primarily known for writing the first Croatian
arithmetics
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textbook ''
Arithmetika Horvatzka'' (published in
Zagreb
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, 1758).
Biography
Mihalj was born in
Podgrađe Podokićko
Podgrađe Podokićko is a settlement (''naselje'') in the Samobor administrative territory of Zagreb County, Croatia. As of 2011 it had a population of 162 people.
Notable people
*Mihalj Šilobod Bolšić - Roman Catholic
The Catholic ...
on 1 November 1724 as the son of Andrija
Šilobod
The House of Šilobod (Alternatively: ''Sillobod, Silobad, Shilobod, Šilobad, Šilobodec, Shelobod''; Cyrillic: ''Шилобод'') are a noble family from Podgrađe Podokićko in the Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg).
Etymology
Šilo' is a Serbo- ...
and Margareta Gunarić (Guunarich). He was baptised one day later at the local church as evidenced by an extract from the register of baptisms for Mihalj Šilobod, located at the parish in
Podgrađe Podokićko
Podgrađe Podokićko is a settlement (''naselje'') in the Samobor administrative territory of Zagreb County, Croatia. As of 2011 it had a population of 162 people.
Notable people
*Mihalj Šilobod Bolšić - Roman Catholic
The Catholic ...
.
Andrija Šilobod was then a prominent senior member of the
Karlovac
Karlovac () is a city in central Croatia. In the 2021 census, its population was 49,377.
Karlovac is the administrative centre of Karlovac County. The city is located southwest of Zagreb and northeast of Rijeka, and is connected to them via the ...
Military Generalate of the
Slunj
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regiment. From 1735 to 1739, Andrija participated in military operations against the
Turks
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Communities and ethnic groups
* Turkish people, or the Turks, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
* Turkish citizen, a citizen of the Republic of Turkey
* Turkic peoples, a collection of ethnic groups who speak Turkic lang ...
, as was required by the
Habsburg
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Kingdom of Croatia. Mihalj's brother, Ivan (Johan)
Šilobod
The House of Šilobod (Alternatively: ''Sillobod, Silobad, Shilobod, Šilobad, Šilobodec, Shelobod''; Cyrillic: ''Шилобод'') are a noble family from Podgrađe Podokićko in the Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg).
Etymology
Šilo' is a Serbo- ...
, was also a soldier in the
Slunj
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infantry. Andrija and Ivan were awarded
nobility
Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally appointed by and ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. T ...
by Queen
Maria Theresa
Maria Theresa (Maria Theresia Walburga Amalia Christina; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was the ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position suo jure, in her own right. She was the ...
of
Austria
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in 1758 for their military services in the
Croatian Military Frontier
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History
Founded in the late 16th century out of ...
in 1741.
Mihalj was initially schooled at the
Jesuit
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school in
Samobor
Samobor () is a town in Zagreb County, Croatia. It is part of the Zagreb metropolitan area. Administratively it is a part of Zagreb County.
Geography
Samobor is located west of Zagreb, between the eastern slopes of the Samobor hills (), the eas ...
,
Zagreb
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. Later, he studied philosophy at the
University of Vienna
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and continued further education in theology at the
University of Bologna
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.
Once he finished university in 1747, he went to work as a chaplain in the towns of
Tuhlje and
Ivanec
Ivanec is a town in northern Croatia, located southwest of Varaždin, east of Lepoglava and north of the mountain Ivanščica.
History
In the late 19th and early 20th century, Ivanec was a district capital in Varaždin County of the Kingdom of ...
, in what is now
Hrvatsko Zagorje
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. He pioneered literacy efforts for the low-income Croatian community in a number of parishes, making him a standout even in that very deprived region.
In 1751, Šilobod was appointed pastor in
Martinska Ves near
Sisak
Sisak (; also known by other alternative names) is a city in central Croatia, spanning the confluence of the Kupa, Sava and Odra rivers, southeast of the Croatian capital Zagreb, and is usually considered to be where the Posavina (Sava basin ...
. In 1783, he renovated the dilapidated local parish church at Sv. Nedelja, which was formerly in the care of the
Erdödy family. These works included raising the walls, naves and sanctuaries, adding a new sacristy, painting the main altar painted, and arranging a tomb for the pastors in which he is also buried.
The big clock on the church tower (horologium) drew special attention and praise from the monarchy, which he created and placed himself.
Additionally, he commissioned the construction of the
Sveti Rok brick choir, which is still in use today.
In the same period, while he served in Sv. Nedjelja, he particularly advocated for the construction of the first public school in
Sveti Martin pod Okićem in 1761, the neighboring parish of where he was born. Mihalj's father Andreas bought from the land for this school from the
Catholic Church
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and, with the assistance of the
Zrinski family
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, transferred the ownership to his son Mihalj.
Mihalj drew out the plans for the school and raised enough money to pay for the building's stone foundations and half of the bottom story during his lifetime; however, after his passing, his successors were unable to gather enough money to continue building. Had Mihael lived long enough to see the project through, the school would have been the first post-war public institution of learning in rural
Croatia
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. Nevertheless, the uncompleted structure did not go to waste and in January 1867, it housed its first class of pupils.
The elementary school (''OŠ Mihaela Šiloboda'') still retains Mihalj's namesake to this day.
He died in
Sveta Nedelja on 4 April 1787 and was buried in one of the tombs in Sv. Nedjelja.
In his life, Mihalj was pious and never used the acquired nobility in his title or professional career. In fact, his father Andrija claimed that the priest signed all of his documents with the simple name "M. Šilobod" out of a desire for humility and to avoid the privileges and trappings of nobility. In ''Arithmetika Horvatzka'', he uses both his birth and baptismal surname,
Šilobod
The House of Šilobod (Alternatively: ''Sillobod, Silobad, Shilobod, Šilobad, Šilobodec, Shelobod''; Cyrillic: ''Шилобод'') are a noble family from Podgrađe Podokićko in the Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg).
Etymology
Šilo' is a Serbo- ...
, and his second ("different") last name,
Bolšić, to honour the feminine lineage of his family tree, which originated with his grandmother and had a profound impact on his life's social orientation. Many people from
Hrvatsko Zagorje
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and
Sisak Posavina, as well as
Catholic Church
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leaders and a high-ranking military delegation from the
Slunj
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Regiment, were documented as having travelled to Sv. Nedelja for the burial.
Major works

Šilobod wrote mainly in
Latin
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and
Croatian. In addition to his main works, he also wrote various poems and songs, primary in
Latin
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.
His major publications include:
* ''Zbirka crkvenih pjesama'' ("Collection of Church Songs"; 1757) – An anthology of traditional songs and
hymns
A hymn is a type of song, and partially synonymous with devotional song, specifically written for the purpose of adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a deity or deities, or to a prominent figure or personification. The word ''hymn'' ...
from rural
Croatia
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.
* ''Arithmetika Horvatszka koju na obchinszku vszega országos haszen, y, z-potrebochu vnogemi izebranemi Példami obilnò iztolnachil, y na szvetlo dal.'' (1758.)
* ''Fundamentum cantus Gregoriani seu chroralis pro Captu Tyronis discipuli, ex probatis authoribus collectum, et brevi, ac facili dialogica methodo in lucem expositum opera, ac studio.'' ("The basis of the singing of Gregorian melodies, or the chroralis definite for the disciples saw it, from the classical authors, and deposited in a short time, exposed to the light of the work of the Method in the rich and of easy dialogica, and a studio."). (1760.)
* ''Cabala de lesu Lotto.'' ("Cabala about the game of lotto and various fortunes") (1768.)
* ''Cabala, to je na vszakoiachka pitanya kratki ter vendar prikladni odgovori vu horvaczkom jeziku.''
(Unknown Year) – A small practical lexicon or a short answer to all students' questions, especially concerning questions about Croatian language, and some church works.
''Cithara Octochord Collection'' (1751)
Šilobod was the editor of the third edition of the ''
Cithara Octochord Collection'' (1751), according to musicological study. This edition represents a form of restoration intervention in the Zagreb church's
liturgical
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-musical programme. CO's greatest creative worth and innovation are
hymn
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ic forms with innovative text and music content, in which Šilobod undoubtedly played an active role as a poet, musician, and composer.
''Zbirka crkvenih pjesama'' (1757)
After moving into the rural countryside and immersing himself in the local culture he began compiling traditional songs and hymns that had been passed down orally until then. He gathered a treasury of songs, and published them in Zagreb under ''Zbirka Crkvenih Pjesama'' ("Collection of Church Songs;" 1757), a book with almost 300 pages of unlicensed sheet music.
''Arithmetika Horvatzka'' (1758)
His best known work, ''Arithmetika Horvatzka'' (1758), written in the vernacular
Kajkavian
Kajkavian is a South Slavic languages, South Slavic supradialect or language spoken primarily by Croats in much of Central Croatia and Gorski Kotar.
It is part of the South Slavic dialect continuum, being transitional to the supradialects of Č ...
dialect of
Croatian language
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, established a complete system of
arithmetic
Arithmetic is an elementary branch of mathematics that deals with numerical operations like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. In a wider sense, it also includes exponentiation, extraction of roots, and taking logarithms.
...
terminology in
Croatian, and vividly used examples from everyday life in
Croatia
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to present mathematical operations. Šilobod drew inspiration for his arithmetic handbook from a variety of sources, including the classic arithmetic handbook by Italian author
Giuseppe Maria Figatelli
Giuseppe Maria Figatelli or Giuseppe Maria da Cento ( Casumaro, 11 March 1611 – Mirandola, 20 November 1682) was an Italian mathematician
A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically t ...
.
It was published 1758 in
Zagreb
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, divided in four parts and signed as Mihalj Šilobod-Bolšić, as appropriate to the
Kajkavian
Kajkavian is a South Slavic languages, South Slavic supradialect or language spoken primarily by Croats in much of Central Croatia and Gorski Kotar.
It is part of the South Slavic dialect continuum, being transitional to the supradialects of Č ...
dialect.
Public education in the Habsburg Monarchy was not institutionalised until the middle of the 18th century. The teaching service was sometimes done by municipally assigned teachers, and sometimes by parish priests. Students were taught to read and write, but it wasn't until the middle of the 18th century that they were also taught to count. Calculus textbooks were only available in foreign languages at the time, and the subject had to be taught in Croatian. The textbook's creation was prompted by a desire to uplift the material conditions of the local people through education. Mihalj identified that there was a severe lack of accounting skills in local organisers who struggled to handle even the most basic financial and business calculations.
As the contemporary Croatian mathematician Mate Zoricic describes: "This is the main evil and the cause of poverty and misery in the people, and while foreigners, knowing the calculation, come to Dalmatia and get rich in a short time, sometimes it is not enough for our people even to nutrition." Thus, the book was written for a wide range of people who were literate but could not read Latin, such as business people, hosts, and anyone else who might need an account. Because of this, it is full of examples from real-world situations. In addition, it consistently demonstrates how one currency may be exchanged for another by pointing out the conversion of currencies and assigning activities in which
Groschen
Groschen (; from "thick", via Old Czech ') is the (sometimes colloquial) name for various coins, especially a silver coin used in parts of Europe including Kingdom of France, France, some of the Italian states, and various states of the Holy R ...
and
Kreuzer
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occur together.
The general structure of ''Arithmetika Horvatzka'' adapted the structure and presentation style of similarly utilitarian books from the same time period: The first section of Šilobod's manual covers the four basic arithmetic operations (addition,
subtraction
Subtraction (which is signified by the minus sign, –) is one of the four Arithmetic#Arithmetic operations, arithmetic operations along with addition, multiplication and Division (mathematics), division. Subtraction is an operation that repre ...
,
multiplication
Multiplication is one of the four elementary mathematical operations of arithmetic, with the other ones being addition, subtraction, and division (mathematics), division. The result of a multiplication operation is called a ''Product (mathem ...
, and
division), the second section covers all operations with
fractions
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, the third section covers the simple and complex
rule of three Rule of three or Rule of Thirds may refer to:
Science and technology
*Rule of three (aeronautics), a rule of descent in aviation
*Rule of three (C++ programming), a rule of thumb about class method definitions
*Rule of three (computer programming) ...
, and the fourth section covers real-world business applications (such as
accounts,
debts
Debt is an obligation that requires one party, the debtor, to pay money Loan, borrowed or otherwise withheld from another party, the creditor. Debt may be owed by a sovereign state or country, local government, company, or an individual. Co ...
,
profits and losses, and mix
calculus
Calculus is the mathematics, mathematical study of continuous change, in the same way that geometry is the study of shape, and algebra is the study of generalizations of arithmetic operations.
Originally called infinitesimal calculus or "the ...
). This fourth section also includes some additional in-depth explanations, puzzles and riddles, presumably aimed at students who have previously demonstrated an adequate grasp of the material presented in sections one through three. One of the puzzles, for example, states: Two fathers and two sons once hunted three rabbits, and each of them liked one rabbit. How can that be? Explanation: He had to be father, son and son's son, i.e. grandson. So two fathers and two sons each have a rabbit."Silobod hoped that including riddles in his book would make the material more engaging and readable for the general public."
Tables of various uses are presented on the final 36 pages of the book that are not numbered. Knowledge of fundamental accounting and all accounts that emerge in real life, especially in commerce, were regarded as essential learning.
The book's content, explanations and exercises serve their intended function by including the computation of mixes and other calculations that are part of everyday economic mathematics.
Since the guidebook was the first to be written in
Croatian language
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, this is the first appearance of any Croatian mathematical terms. Although it was clear that Šilobod had made use of words that were in dictionaries, this was clearly insufficient for his purposes. On the other hand, dictionaries lacked entries for the more advanced mathematical terminology since they were not commonly used. Because of this, Šilobod realised he was up against an enormous challenge: his handbook would be the first documented record of the preexisting mathematical language in the Kaikavian region. For this reason, he would have had to modify existing dictionary terms, especially that found in J. Belloszténcz's lexicon. Later, he would have had to create the terminology he need, drawing on the origins of existing words with overlapping meanings from the Kaikavian dialect of Croatian. Evidently, he had made up some names by adapting
Latin
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terminology to Kaikavian use.
''Fundamentum cantus Gregoriani seu chroralis'' (1760)
''Fundamentum cantus Gregoriani seu chroralis'' is considered to be his second most famous publication. It delves into musical-
Gregorian melodic principles. It is divided into six dialogues in which they discuss: the birth of music or singing (dialogue one); drawing, notes, and
clefs
A clef (from French: 'key') is a musical symbol used to indicate which notes are represented by the lines and spaces on a musical staff. Placing a clef on a staff assigns a particular pitch to one of the five lines or four spaces, whic ...
(dialogue two);
solmization
Solmization is a mnemonic system in which a distinct syllable is attributed to each note of a musical scale. Various forms of solmization are in use and have been used throughout the world, but solfège is the most common convention in countries ...
(dialogue three);
intervals
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Mathematics and physics
* Interval (mathematics), a range of numbers
** Partially ordered set#Intervals, its generalization from numbers to arbitrary partially ordered sets
* A statistical level of measurement
* Interval es ...
(dialogue four); genuine and
plagal tones (dialogue five); and
intonation
Intonation may refer to:
*Intonation (linguistics), variation of speaking pitch that is not used to distinguish words
*Intonation (music), a musician's realization of pitch accuracy, or the pitch accuracy of a musical instrument
*Intonation Music ...
(dialogue six). For over a century, this handbook was used as a ''liber textus'' in the Zagreb seminary.
As of today, this work is still studied in the
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
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in Rome and is considered a great theoretical guide to
choral singing
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even after a century has passed.
Legacy
Because it was the first appearance of the systematically used Croatian mathematical vocabulary, Šilobod's ''Arithmatika Horvatzka'' has had enormous cultural value in Croatia. In addition, the manual played a crucial part in the
education in Croatia
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Education is mandatory for children ag ...
n people at a time when there was a pressing need to increase students' understanding of accounting's function in business and economics.
Even a century after his death, the famous phrase that ''Arithmetika'' printed at the time had a huge resonance among the people ''"Ak ne buš učil matematiku išel buš k Šilobodu da te poduči!"'' ("If you didn't teach mathematics, you went to Šilobod to teach you!") – is still prevalent.
His name has entered several other
idioms
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, especially among
Kajkavian
Kajkavian is a South Slavic languages, South Slavic supradialect or language spoken primarily by Croats in much of Central Croatia and Gorski Kotar.
It is part of the South Slavic dialect continuum, being transitional to the supradialects of Č ...
s. For example, it has long been customary to encourage anybody who calculates incorrectly to pray to Šilobod, and when someone wishes to brag about successfully counting or multiplying, they may playfully add, "It would be the same with Šilobod."
Hrvatska pošta
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It is one of the largest service and reta ...
issued a commemorative
stamp in 2008, celebrating 250 years since the publishing of ''Arithmatika Horvatzka''.
[ Irena Mišurac Zorica concluded in her analysis of the work that Mihalj Šilobod Bolšić demonstrated a very high pedagogical and methodical maturity, creating a standard for further development of mathematics curriculum and education.]
In addition to the stamp, a scientific symposium was organised in Sveta Nedjelja to honour Mihalj Šilobod Bolšić. It was the first scientific conference honouring the priest and teacher who is revered in Kajkavian culture. The Samobor Museum produced a book in 2009 that included the writings of the seven people who had taken part in the scientific meeting: Ph.D. Stjepan Razum, prof. Domagoj Sremi, prof. PhD Alojz Jembriha, MSc sc. Irena Mišurac Zorica, PhD Zvonimir Jakobovi, MSc sc. Marijane Bori, and PhD Katarina Koprek. These writings help provide light on the life and accomplishments of Mihalj, an important figure in the spread of mathematics education in the 18th century. To celebrate the event, the Museum issued a reproduction of the entire ''Arithmatika Horvatzka'' in separate volumes, and the collection includes a transcription of Šilobod's prologue to the work in its appendix.
Gallery
File:Mihalj Šilobod Bolšić Baptism.png, An excerpt of the baptismal record of Mihalj Šilobod Bolšić from the register of baptisms of the parish of Sveti Martin pod Okićem. 1724.
File:Sv.Martin biskup.jpg, Church of Sv. Martin in Sveti Martin pod Okićem, where Mihlj was baptised.
See also
* Šilobod
The House of Šilobod (Alternatively: ''Sillobod, Silobad, Shilobod, Šilobad, Šilobodec, Shelobod''; Cyrillic: ''Шилобод'') are a noble family from Podgrađe Podokićko in the Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg).
Etymology
Šilo' is a Serbo- ...
* Sveta Nedelja, Zagreb County
Sveta Nedelja or, until 1991, Sveta Nedjelja () is a town in Zagreb County, Croatia. It is one of the provincial satellite towns in Zagreb's metropolitan region.
Geography
Sveta Nedelja is situated west of Zagreb near the town of Samobor. It h ...
* Samobor
Samobor () is a town in Zagreb County, Croatia. It is part of the Zagreb metropolitan area. Administratively it is a part of Zagreb County.
Geography
Samobor is located west of Zagreb, between the eastern slopes of the Samobor hills (), the eas ...
* Croatian literature
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* Catholic Church in Croatia
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* Timeline of Croatian history
* List of Catholic clergy scientists
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* List of Catholic authors
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* List of Catholic priests * This is an incomplete list of Catholic priests.
Roman & Eastern Catholic Church
Piero Folli – Italian antifascist parish priest
Joseph Freinademetz – Missionary to China, canonized
Mariano Gagnon – Franciscan friar and author who ...
* List of people from Croatia
* List of Croatian-language poets
* List of noble families of Croatia
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* List of important publications in mathematics
This is a list of publications in mathematics, organized by field.
Some reasons a particular publication might be regarded as important:
*Topic creator – A publication that created a new topic
*Breakthrough – A publication that cha ...
References
External links
''Arithmetika Horvatszka''
full text available via archive.org.
''Fundamentum cantus gregoriani seu choralis''
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''Cithara octochorda''
full text available via archive.org.
Mijo Šilobod Bolšić
on Hrvatske enciklopedije
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1724 births
1787 deaths
18th-century mathematicians
18th-century Croatian Roman Catholic priests
Clergy from Zagreb
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Croatian people of Slovenian descent
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