Stanislava Šubić (Bribir, 1242 – Skradin, 1321) was a Croatian noblewoman and nun who spent much of her life as part of the monastery of Saint Elizabeth in

Skradin Skradin is a small town in the Šibenik-Knin County of Croatia. It is located near the Krka (Croatia), Krka river and at the entrance to the Krka National Park, from Šibenik and from Split, Croatia, Split. The main attraction of the park, Slapo ...

. She was born in Bribir to Stjepan Šubić of the prominent Šubić noble family and later joined the

Order of Saint Clare The Poor Clares, officially the Order of Saint Clare (Latin language, Latin: ''Ordo Sanctae Clarae''), originally referred to as the Order of Poor Ladies, and also known as the Clarisses or Clarissines, the Minoresses, the Franciscan Clarist Or ...

in a monastery founded by her brother

Paul I Šubić of Bribir Paul I Šubić of Bribir (, ; – 1 May 1312) was Ban of Croatia between 1275 and 1312, and List of rulers of Bosnia, Lord of Bosnia from 1299 to 1312. As the oldest son of Stephen II of the Šubić family, Šubić noble family, he inherited th ...

and built by 1290. As Skradin was being elevated to an autonomous commune in 1304, its citizens promised to supply her monastery with firewood four times annually, during which she was mentioned in sources as head of the nuns there. According to a later claim by historian Daniele Farlati,

pope Gregory XI Pope Gregory XI (; born Pierre Roger de Beaufort; c. 1329 – 27 March 1378) was head of the Catholic Church from 30 December 1370 to his death, in March 1378. He was the seventh and last Avignon pope and the most recent French pope. In 1377, ...

included her in a list of holy virgins, suggesting she was beatified shortly after her death at the start of 14th century.Hrčak
Vicko Kapitanović: »Skradinski biskupi i građevine u proječju Krke u 18. stoljeću prema arhivskim spisima«, God. Titius, god.1, br. 1 (2008.), 33-52, str. 35, pristupljeno 6. rujna 2015.

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Stanislava on Klarise-zg.hr
14th-century Croatian women 14th-century Croatian nobility Croatian Roman Catholic religious sisters and nuns 1242 births 1321 deaths 14th-century Christian nuns {{croatia-bio-stub