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Croatian Post (HP) Mostar has issued a commemorative postage stamp in celebrating World Day of Philosophy with the father Juraj Dragišić - Incunable motif.
The Franciscan Juraj Dragišić was a humanist, philosopher, theologian, provincial and (arch) bishop. Born around 1445 in Srebrenica, died 1520 as Archbishop in Barletta, Italy. He comes from the noble Ivaniša family, to whom Ključ was gifted by King Stjepan. After the fall of Bosnia to the Turks (1463) he fled to Dalmatia and then to Italy. In 1469 he was ordained a priest in Bologna. In 1470 he was in Rome in the circle of the humanists around Cardinal Bessarion. In 1481/82 he lived in Paris for a short time. In 1485 he became a Master of Theology in Florence. He was the protégé of Lorenzo de' Medici, as well as educator and tutor to his sons Pietro and Giovanni (later Pope Leo X). He enjoyed such a reputation that he became a member of the Platonic Academy.
Dragišić was a prolific writer, but since the art of printing was invented only recently (1455), duplicating books using this process was still very expensive. He published 13 works in Latin. Fifteen of his manuscripts survive and are recognized.
The stamp design’s author is Manlio Napoli, and the stamps are in postal traffic from November 17th, 2022. This issue, along with Croatian Post Mostar’s previous issues may be purchased online at www.epostshop.ba .
