Korčulanski biskup Augustin Kvincije u crkvenim i društveno-političkim zbivanjima svoga doba
Bishop of Korčula Augustin Quinto in religious and socio-political developments of his time

Summary/Abstract: Using published sources and relevant literature, the author critically examines the personal biography and the career of the bishop Augustin Quinto (1541– 1610/’11) together with all the resulting implications upon church and socialpolitical events of his time. A brief discussion of his presence in Croatian and overseas historiography is followed by well-publicized information about his youth and especially his collaboration with the general of the Dominican order, Vincenzo Giustiniani. Next, the essay discusses his activities in the role of the bishop of Korčula, with an emphasis on his efforts concerning the church and regulation of the public worship. Some of Quinto’s decisions were not well received by parts of the congregation and clergy. The essay furthermore analyses Quinto’s role in the establishment of the Confraternity of St. Rocco in Korčula and in the attempts to annex the Bishopric of Ston to Korčula, and his role in the inquisition of the argument between the Republic of Dubrovnik and Archbishop Matteucci. It also brings together information about Augustin Valier’s visitations, as well as visitations conducted by the bishop himself within his own diocese. Quinto was the first bishop of Korčula to send regular reports about his diocese to the Holy See. This section is followed by a discussion of Quinto’s role in social-political events and in particular his anti-Ottoman activities. Because of his active role in the instigation of an anti-Ottoman uprising in Albania, and in efforts to liberate Klis from the Ottomans and to establish connections with Spain also towards the same goal of anti-Ottoman struggle, Venetian authorities took umbrage against Quinto, which put him in immediate danger. Because Venetians were prepared to go as far as murdering Quinto, he was forced to leave his diocese. He spent the last years of his life in Italy, where he examined Bartol Kašić’s Croatian grammar and was appointed the bishop of the Bishopric of Massalubrense, where he stayed until his death.

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