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Rafael Levaković
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Rafael Levaković (also Raphael Levacovich) O.F.M. (c. 1597 – 1649) was a Croatian Franciscan prelate who served as Archbishop of Achrida (1647–1650);[1][2][3] and Glagolitic writer who set foundations for Slavic liturgy based on the missionary concept of the Catholic Church.
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Biography
Raphael Levacovich was born in Jastrebarsko, Croatia in 1597 (some sources say 1607) and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.[1]
Translation of the liturgical books
In the 17th century, the Roman Catholic Church followed the reformist example of Protestantism and published liturgical books in a language understandable to most South Slavs. This task was given to Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, which engaged Levaković. At the explicit instructions of the Pope, Levaković's activities were supported by Metodije Terlecki.[4] In 1628 Levaković published Nauk Krstjanski and in 1631 Misal. In 1640 Benedikt Vinković, a Catholic bishop of the Archdiocese of Zagreb, had the intention to depose Maksim Predojević, Serb bishop of the Bishopric of Marča, and appoint Rafael Levaković instead.[5]
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Episcopate
On 27 May 1647, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Archbishop of Achrida in Ohrid.[1] On 2 June 1647, he was consecrated bishop by Pier Luigi Carafa, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti, with Ranuccio Scotti Douglas, Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, and Alessandro Vittrici, Bishop Emeritus of Alatri, serving as co-consecrators.[1] He served as Archbishop of Achrida until his death in 1650.[1]
Bibliography
Works of Rafael Levaković include:
- Nauk karstjanski kratak (Glagolitic), (Rome, 1628)
- Azbukividnik (1629, 1693), (Glagolitic, Latin script and Cyrillic script)
- Missal rimskij va ezik slovenskij (Rome, 1631)
- Časoslov Rimski (1648)
- De Illyrica lingua
- Dialogus de antiquorum Illyricorum lingua
- Historiola episcopatus ac dioecesis ecclesiae Zagrabiensis
- De ecclesiae Zagrabiensis fundatione
- De Spiritus Sancti processione
- Ordo et series cleri Dioecesis Zagrabiensis 8. Martii 1574. in synodo
- eleven letters to Zageb bishop Benedikt Vinković
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