Sebastiano Dolci (; 1699-1777) was a Ragusan historian and writer.Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Treccani (in Italian) The Italian word Dolci means "sweet", and Slade is a Croatian translation of the name. He joined the Franciscans at the age of 14, and in 1744 wrote about the Franciscan Order in Ragusa. In 1750, he published a biography of Saint Jerome.
Dolci was a great scholar of the Illyrian language, publishing several books on the subject, including an overview of the literature of his native Dubrovnik. In his theological work, he also translated the epistle of into Illyrian.
He died in Ragusa in 1777 at the age of 78.
Selected works Monumenta historica provinciae Rhacusinae Ordinis, Naples, 1746 Maximus Hieronymus vitae suae scriptor, sive de moribus, doctrina et rebus gestis divi Hieronymi Stridoniensis, Ancona, 1750 De Illyricae linguae vetustate et amplitudine, dissertatio historico-chronologico-critica, Venice, 1754 Fasti litterario-ragusini, Venice, 1767
See also Republic of Ragusa List of notable Ragusans Dubrovnik Dalmatia History of Dalmatia
References
External links Sebastiano Dolci Christian Classics Ethereal Library: The Principal Works of St. Jerome