Lik svetoga Kapistrana u hrvatskoj stihovnoj epici
The Character of Saint John Capestranus in Croatian Epic Poetry

Summary/Abstract: Although friar John from Italian town of Capestrano (1386–1456) has inspired numerous writers, this study focuses on the character of this mediaeval saint in the following texts: narrative verses The fourth poem of the Duke James and St. John Capestranus as they defeated the Emperor Mehmed, the son of Murat in the battle of Belgrade in 1456 by Andrija Kačić Miošić, the epic poem The defense of Belgrade in 1456. The triumph of St. John Capestranus by Grgo Martić, popular epic poem St. John Capestranus by Ilija Okrugić as well as oral epic poems Sultan mighty Emperor and the Holy Father Pope, The poem about friar John and The poem of the Holy Father Pope and St. John Capestranus. Founding our research on the model elaborated by Northrop Frye, we have analyzed the amount of power and information given to the character of St. John Capestranus, his relationship to the inanimate world, his influence on the direct participants, the meaning of the fight and death, as well as on the questions: what can be done after death, where does he go, what is the possibility of his return and continuation of his work.

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