Sebastiano Dolci (; 1699-1777) was a Ragusan historian and writer. The Italian word Dolci means "sweet", and Slade is a Croatian translation of the name. He joined the Franciscans at the age of 14, and in 1744 wrote about the Franciscan Order in Ragusa. In 1750, he published a biography of Saint Jerome.

Dolci was a great scholar of the Illyrian language, publishing several books on the subject, including an overview of the literature of his native Dubrovnik. In his theological work, he also translated the epistle of into Illyrian.

Sebastiano Dolci

He died in Ragusa in 1777 at the age of 78.

Sebastiano Dolci

Selected works

Monumenta historica provinciae Rhacusinae Ordinis, Naples, 1746

Maximus Hieronymus vitae suae scriptor, sive de moribus, doctrina et rebus gestis divi Hieronymi Stridoniensis, Ancona, 1750 De Illyricae linguae vetustate et amplitudine, dissertatio historico-chronologico-critica, Venice, 1754 Fasti litterario-ragusini, Venice, 1767

Sebastiano Dolci

See also

Republic of Ragusa

List of notable Ragusans

Dubrovnik

Dalmatia

History of Dalmatia

References

External links

Sebastiano Dolci

Christian Classics Ethereal Library: The Principal Works of St. Jerome

1699 births

1777 deaths

Ragusan writers

People from the Republic of Ragusa

Friars Minor

Slavists

18th-century Italian writers

18th-century Italian male writers

18th-century writers in Latin