Antun (or Anton, also spelled Antol) Vramec (1538–1587/8) was a
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priest and writer. He wrote the first historical book in
Slovene. As it was the second book written in the
Kajkavian dialect, he was also a founder of the Kajkavian literature.
Life
Vramec was born in
Ormož or its vicinity (
Duchy of Styria
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) and died in
Varaždin (
Kingdom of Croatia). He studied theology in Vienna and in Rome. In 1567, he moved to
Zagreb
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, where he was a
canon. In 1571, he became the
Archdeacon
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of
Bexen. In 1573, he moved to Varaždin, where he was also the archdeacon. The arrival of Antun Vramec to Varaždin marked the emerging of the
Varaždin literary circle The Varaždin literary circle or Croatian-Kajkavian literary circle ( sh, Varaždinski litararni krug; Hrvatskokajkavski književni krug) was a literary group which emerged at the end of the 16th century in Varaždin. The framework of the Varaždin ...
to which Vramec belonged.
From 1578 until 1580, he was the parish priest in
Brežice, and from 1580 until 1582 the archdeacon in
Dubice
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. In 1582, all his honors were revoked from him, because he didn't want to recant his family. Despite his freethinking stance, his connection with the
Protestant movement
The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and ...
has not been confirmed.
Work
The first work by Vramec was a world chronicle titled ''Kronika vezda znovich zpravliena Kratka Szlouenzkim iezikom'', published in
Ljubljana
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During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the a ...
(Laibach) in 1578. This was the first popular historical work written in a
Slovene in the
Habsburg lands.
In 1586, Vramec published in Varaždin a book of sermons and comments titled ''Postilla po nedelne i po godovne dni na vse leto vezda znovič spravlena po Antonu Vramcu Svetoga pisma doktoru i cirkve varaždinske plebanušu''. Both books were printed by .
To suppress liturgical books published by the
Protestant Reformation
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Vramec deliberately used simple language spoken by the population of Slavonia in his works . It is possible that Vramec's ''Postilla'' was published in 1586 in Varaždin to follow the orders of
Juraj Drašković, the bishop of the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zagreb, who ordered publishing of new books to dispute writings of
Mihajlo Bučić
Mihajlo Bučić was a 16th-century Catholic priest who converted to Protestantism and became its propagandist.
Career
The date and place of Bučić's birth and death are unknown. Bučić was a vicar in Belica and in Međimurje. Until 1565 he w ...
.
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1538 births
1580s deaths
16th-century Croatian Roman Catholic priests
Croatian writers
16th-century Croatian historians
People from Ormož
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