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One Franciscan and his Epitaph

The museum of the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Fojnica in central Bosnia contains a slab with an inscription marking the transfer of the bones of the Franciscan Angel Zvizdović (about 1420-1498) from a modest to a more decorated sarcophagus. According to the inscription, this occurred in 1760 in the presence of bishop Paul Dragićević (1740-1767) and certain prominent Franciscans of the Province of Bosnia Argentina. Zvizdović was the head of the Bosnian Franciscan Custody when the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed el Fatih (1451-1481) conquered the Kingdom of Bosnia and Hum in 1463, executed its king Stephen Tomašević (1461-1463), and destroyed the majority of the feudal class. As the only relevant representative, Fr Angel obtained a ferman or oath (Ahdnama) from the Sultan granting the Catholics in the occupied kingdom tolerance for their faith, with the Franciscans as their spiritual pastors. The place of Fr Angel’s birth is still debated, as well as the religious affiliation of his family. Although no confirmation of this is offered by the sources, most authors who have written about him consider him to have come from a Greek Orthodox family in the area of central Bosnia.

the Franciscan Angel Zvizdović (about 1420-1498); the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Fojnica; the Franciscan Province of Bosnia Argentina; the Catholic Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina

U muzeju Franjevačkog samostana Duha Svetoga u Fojnici u središnjoj Bosni nalazi se i ploča s natpisom, kojom je obilježen prijenos kostiju franjevca Anđela Zvizdovića (oko 1420.-1498.) iz nekog skromnijeg u urešeniji sarkofag. Prema ovome natpisu to se zbilo 1760. g. u nazočnosti biskupa fra Pavla Dragićevića (1740.-1767.) i nekih uglednijih franjevaca Provincije Bosne Srebrene. Zvizdović je bio poglavar Bosanske franjevačke kustodije kada je osmanlijski sultan Mehmed II. el Fatih (1451.-1481.) osvajao Kraljevstvo Bosne i Huma 1463. g., pogubio njegovog kralja Stipana Tomaševića (1461.-1463.) te posmicao glavninu bosansko-humskog feudalnog sloja. Kao njihov jedini relevantni predstavnik, fra Anđeo je katolicima u okupiranom Kraljevstvu od sultana ishodio povelju (Ahdnama) kojom im je tolerirano ispovjedanje vjere a franjevcima njihova duhovna pastorizacija. Sporno je mjesto fra Anđelovog rođenja kao i vjerska pripadnost roda iz kojega je ponikao. Premda za to nema potvrde u vrelima, većina autora koji su o njemu pisali smatra da je potekao iz grčko-pravoslavnog roda s područja srednje Bosne.