Dominik Andrijašević (, ; 1572–1639), was a Ragusan

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who served as the Catholic Bishop of Skadar (Scutari) (1622–24) and later

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(1637).

Life

Born in 1572 in Orahov Do in

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, Andrijašević was a resident in Ragusa (Dubrovnik). He was sent with Damjan Ljubibratić several times to the Popes with petitions of aid in Balkan uprisings. In 1608, Andrijašević arrived in Ragusa (Dubrovnik) from Spain with letters for

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. In 1624, the Ottomans expelled him from Scutari.

Legacy

Andrijašević was a member of the Andrijašević-Mrše family of the

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region.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Andrijasevic, Dominik 1572 births 1639 deaths Ragusan clergy Franciscan bishops 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Albania 17th-century diplomats Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina People from Dubrovnik 17th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Ottoman Empire