Antun Knežević

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Antun Knežević
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Resting placeJajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina
OccupationFriar
LanguageSerbo-Croatian
CitizenshipOttoman, Austro-Hungarian
GenreSocial science, poetry
SubjectHistory, culture
Literary movementIllyrian
Notable works"Rieč popa Gojka Miroševića svojem Bošnjakom i Hercegovcem"
"Rieč Hodže bosanskog Hadži Muje Mejovića"
"Suze bošnjaka nad grobnicom kralja svoga u Jajcu"
"Krvava knjiga"
"Opet o grobu bosanskom"
"Kratka povjest kralja bosanski"
"Pad Bosne"
"Varica"

Fra Antun Knežević (9 January 1834 – 22 September 1889) was a Bosnian

Illyrian Movement.[2]

Early life and education

Born in Varcar Vakuf (today Mrkonjić Grad) in 1834, his father Anto came from the town of Uskoplje, and his mother was Agata Stipić (née Ivekić) from Varcar Vakuf. His father died early, and he was raised by his uncle from his father's side, Fra Grgo Knežević, who was buried in Ivanjska village.

Fra Antun Knežević studied in Fojnica, Rome, and Siena and became friar on 26 April 1851. His first Mass was on 21 September 1856.

Views, opinions and engagements

Antun Knežević was one of the main proponents of

Austro-Hungarian Empire
in 1878.

Fra Antun Knezević, in 1877, started the construction of the

Franciscan monastery in Jajce (without permission).[10]
He also opened the first public school in Bosnia in his own house.

Service

  • curate and teacher in Varcar Vakuf (Mrkonjić Grad) 1857
  • curate in Bugojno 1858
  • curate in Varcar Vakuf 1864
  • tutor and professor at Franciscan Youth in Livno 1861–1864
  • Guča Gora
    1864
  • vicar in Dobretićimi 1868
  • spiritual leader of youth in Đakovo 1868
  • vicar in Varcar Vakuf 1873
  • vicar in Ivanjska 1873
  • vicar in newly built monastery in Petrićevac 1875
  • vicar in Jajce 1876–1879
  • started the groundwork and laid the foundation for the monastery in Jajce 1882, officially opened 1886
  • vicar in Liskovica 1884–1886
  • vicar in Kotor Varoš 1889

Death

Knežević died on 22 September 1889 in

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Jajce
.

Bibliography

  • "Rieč popa Gojka Miroševića svojem Bošnjakom i Hercegovcem"
  • "Rieč Hodže bosanskog Hadži Muje Mejovića"
  • "Mladić bosanski proviđen u svojoj učionici za prvu godinu"
  • "Rieč hodže Petrovačkog bratiji Turcima"
  • "Suze bošnjaka nad grobnicom kralja svoga u Jajcu"
  • "Krvava knjiga"
  • "Opet o grobu bosanskom"
  • "Kratka povjest kralja bosanski"
  • "Pad Bosne"
  • "Carsko - turski namjesnici u Bosni i Hercegovini"
  • "Povjesnica novoimenovanog Franjevačkog samostana u Jajcu I-III"
  • "Varica"

Letters

See also

  • Franciscan Province of Bosna Srebrena

References

  1. ^ "Fra Antun Knežević (1834. - 1889.)" (in Croatian). Franjevačka provincija Uzvišenja. Archived from the original on 15 August 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  2. ^ Marko Atilla Hoare, (2007), The history of Bosnia: from the Middle ages to the Present day, p.60
  3. ISSN 1849-1510
    . Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  4. ^ Zemljopis i poviestnica Bosne. Demokratska Zajednica BiH. 1851. Retrieved 13 January 2012 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ^ Zemljopis i poviestnica Bosne by Ivan Frano Jukić as Slavoljub Bošnjak, Zagreb, 1851, UDC 911.3(497.15)
  6. ^ Putpisi i istorisko-etnografski radovi by Ivan Frano Jukić as Slavoljub Bošnjak ASIN: B004TK99S6
  7. ^ "Kratka povjest kralja bosanskih". Dobra knjiga. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  8. ^ "Predstavljanje: Kratka povjest kralja bosanskih". visoko.co.ba.vinet.ba. Archived from the original on 27 July 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  9. ISBN 978-9958-688-68-3
  10. ^ "Kraljevski grad Jajce". Crkva Uzvišenja Jajce. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2012.

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