Pietro Gozze or Petar Gučetić (1493–1564),John Van Antwerp Fine Jr., ''When Ethnicity Did Not Matter in the Balkans: A Study of Identity in Pre-Nationalist Croatia, Dalmatia, and Slavonia in the Medieval and Early-Modern Periods'' (University of Michigan Press, 2010), p. 259. called ''Doctor Illyricus'', was a Ragusan Catholic prelate who served as the
bishop of Ston
The Diocese of Ston (also Diocese of Stagno or Diocese of Sagona) was a Roman Catholic diocese in Croatia, located in the city of Stagno. In 1828 it was suppressed to the Archdiocese of Dubrovnik.Catholic-hierarchy.org: "Bishop Pietro de Gozzo, O.P." retrieved February 9, 2016 ''
Catholic-Hierarchy.org
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016"Titular Episcopal See of Ston" ''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
Gozze was born in
Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik, historically known as Ragusa, is a city in southern Dalmatia, Croatia, by the Adriatic Sea. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean, a Port, seaport and the centre of the Dubrovni ...
(Ragusa) in the republic of Ragusa in 1493. The term ''Illyricus'' indicates that he was a
Croat
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. He was ordained a priest in the
Order of Preachers
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. Before he became a bishop, he held professorships at the
University of Paris
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Pope Julius III
Pope Julius III (; ; 10 September 1487 – 23 March 1555), born Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 22 February 1550 to his death, in March 1555.
After a career as a disting ...
to the diocese of Ston. He served until his death in 1564.