Nicholas Tavelic
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Nicholas Tavelic, OFM was a Croatian Franciscan friar and missionary who died a martyr's death in Jerusalem on November 14, 1391. He was beatified with his companions, who included friars from Italy and France. All four members of his group have been declared saints by the Catholic Church, making Tavelic the first canonized Croatian saint.
Portrait of Tavelić from ca. 1500
Ruins of church and Franciscan monastery of St. Mary in Bribir, where Tavelic became a monk.
The courtyard of the former Mount Zion Monastery of the Franciscan friars in Jerusalem, where St. Nikola lived.
Croatian National Shrine of St. Nicholas Tavelic in Šibenik.
Bribir, Šibenik-Knin County
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Bribir is a village in Šibenik-Knin County, near the town of Skradin, in southern Croatia. In its location in the Roman period was town Varvaria, while during the medieval times it was an important and rich settlement with a stronghold and Franciscan monastery, a capital city of power of the Šubić family.
Archaeological ruins of old Bribir above village
Big walls dating to ancient Varvaria.
Ruins of church and Franciscan monastery of St. Mary.
Šubić family coat of arms.