Sebastiano Dolci ( hr, Sebastijan Dolci-Slade; 1699-1777) was a
Ragusan Ragusan may refer to:
* citizen of the Republic of Ragusa
hr, Sloboda se ne prodaje za sve zlato svijeta it, La libertà non si vende nemmeno per tutto l'oro del mondo"Liberty is not sold for all the gold in the world"
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historian and writer.
biographical dictionary of Italians ''Treccani''
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at the age of 14 years, in 1744 he wrote about the Franciscan Order in Ragusa. The Italian word Dolci means Sweet (Confectionery) in English language. The word Slade is Croatian language variation of the word Dolci.
*''Monumenti Storici della Provincia Francescana di Ragusa (Neapel)''.
He was also a great scholar
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of the Illyrian language
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, publishing several books on this subject:
*''De Illiricae linguae vetustate et amplitudine'', Venice
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1754";
*''Fasti litterarii Ragusini, sive vivorum literatorum qui usque ad annum 1766 n Ragusina claruerunt ditione prospectus alphab.ordine exhibitus..."''(Venice 1767). About the Ragusan/Dubrovnik Literary Chronicle)
In the theological scope, Slade translates the epistle of Hyeronymi Francisci Zanetti to illyrian language (Ferrara, 1754).
See also
* Republic of Ragusa
hr, Sloboda se ne prodaje za sve zlato svijeta it, La libertà non si vende nemmeno per tutto l'oro del mondo"Liberty is not sold for all the gold in the world"
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* List of notable Ragusans
Here follows a list of notable Ragusans and Rectors of the Republic of Ragusa (also known as the Republic of Dubrovnik), a maritime republic centered on the city of Dubrovnik on the eastern coast of the Adriatic.
Note on first and last names
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* Dubrovnik
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* Dalmatia
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* History of Dalmatia
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Sebastiano Dolci
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 Latin-language writers
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