Tomo Zdelarić () (c. 1531 – 8 April 1572) was the earliest
Jesuit
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from Habsburg
Kingdom of Slavonia
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. According to Vanino, Zdelarić also referred to himself as Illyrus.
Zdelarić was born in Lupoglav,
Dugo Selo
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Geography
Dugo Selo (lit. ''Long Village'') is a 20 km drive from Zagreb city centre.
The town covers an area of 51 km² and it consists of numerous settlements. ...
around 1531. Zdelarić became a Jesuit in 1554. He was lecturer of the philosophy at the
Jesuit college in Vilnius.
Zdelaric died in
Vilnius
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on 8 April
1572 in a plague.
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1531 births
1572 deaths
16th-century Croatian Jesuits
Academic staff of Vilnius University