Frano Zubić (Bosnian pronunciation, Frano Zoobeech) (

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, 1822 –

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, 1871), a Bosnian Franciscan, who lived and worked in the Ottoman Bosnia in the 19th century.

Life and work

He finished basic education in the Fojnica monastery of the Franciscan Province of Bosna Srebrena, entered the

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on November 4, 1839, took his first vows on the same day next year. After studying philosophy and

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for five years, he was ordained priest and became a parish vicar in the parish of Sokoline. There he was imprisoned by Turkish authorities and suffered a great deal. He also served as parish vicar in the parishes of Ivanjska (near

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), Bosanska Gradiška, and Dolac. He also served as parish priest in Dobretići, where, together with the parish faithful, he built a church consecrated to St. Anthony of Padua. He was very beloved among people, not only Catholics but also Muslims and the Orthodox, for his humility, simplicity, and compassion for the common man. During his ministry as the parish priest of

, he encouraged his parishioners to build a church. He died of

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in 1871, after laying the foundation stone for the new church at the age of 49. In memory of him, once a month, on the Tuesday that comes after a

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, a Mass is celebrated on the Komarda Cemetery in Bučići where he was buried. The people think of him as a saint, and often come to pray at his tomb.Ladislav Fišić, ''Fra Franjin grob u Bučićima'', page 18-20.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zubic, Frano 1822 births 1871 deaths Croat Roman Catholic clergy from Bosnia and Herzegovina 19th-century Bosnia and Herzegovina Roman Catholic priests People from Travnik Franciscans of the Franciscan Province of Bosnia

Life and work

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