Bazilije Pandžić

Bazilije Pandžić

Bazilije Stjepan Pandžić (2011)
Born (1918-01-30) 30 January 1918
Drinovci, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Occupation historian, archivist, orientalist
Language Croatian, Latin, Italian, French, German, Spanish, English
Nationality Croatian

Bazilije Stjepan Pandžić (also Fr. Bazilije Pandžić), (born 30 January 1918, Drinovci, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a famous Croatian historian, archivist and orientalist from Herzegovina.[1]

Biography

Pandžić family house in Drinovci

Bazilije Stjepan Pandžić was born on January 30, 1918 in Drinovci, district Ljubuški, then still part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He lives in Zagreb. He finished elementary school in his hometown in 1929, high school in Široki Brijeg in 1938, entered the novitiate of the Franciscan Order (OFM) in Humac. He began his philosophical and theological studies in Mostar, and he was ordained to the priesthood in 1941. In 1942 he continued his studies in Rome and earned his licentiate in 1943.[1] At the Pontifical Antonianum University he received his doctorate in theology in 1945 with a thesis on the history of Trebinje-Mrkan.[2] In 1947 he studied archive science, paleography and diplomacy at the Vatican School (associated to Vatican archives), acquiring the title paleographus et archivarius. At the Roman State University (La Sapienza), Department of Islamic Sciences (Arabic, Persian and Turkish), he earned his doctorate in philosophy in 1951.[1]

He wanted to do research in the Ottoman archives in Istanbul on the history of Bosnia, Herzegovina, Dalmatia and Dubrovnik. However, in 1947 he was appointed to the position of the general service registrar (archivist) of the Franciscan Order (OFM) in Rome, a position which he held up to 1985. In the function of archivist he participated in international conferences in Paris, Moscow, Florence, etc. and co-operated in the publications of their journals. He was also elected to administrative positions in professional associations. In his book Archivistica ecclesiastica which was published by the Vatican's archives in 1967, he summarized his experiences as an archivist. His entire professional life has been dedicated to research in the various Vatican archives. He has published twenty-one scientific books and the three books of memoirs, a large number of scholarly papers, and hundreds of magazine articles. He wrote mainly in Latin, Croatian and Italian, and occasionally in English, French, German and Spanish. His works are published in various countries (Vatican City, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Spain, Argentina, United States, Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria and Poland).[1]

For a general history of the Franciscan Order the two most important, monumental volumes are Annales Minorum,[3] i. e. a continuation of the series which the Irish Franciscan friar Lucas Wadding had started in the 17th century. For the study of the history of missions within the series Historia missionum Ordinis Fratrum Minorum he was responsible for the 4th Volume: Regiones Proximi Orientis et Paeninsulae Balcanicae in 1974.[1]

As an expert of the Congregation for the Saints he worked under several popes. He issued three so-called “positions” (positiones), i.e., historical-critical editions of the life and work of individuals to be canonized.[1] His first one was on Nicholas Tavelić in 1961[4] which resulted in Pope Paul VI’s canonization of Nicholas Tavelić in 1970. Another positio in 1970 brought forth critical source material about the life of Beatrice de Silva, of Spanish origin.[5] The third in 1983 concerned the German Franciscan Liberatus Weiss and companions.[6]

Bazilije Pandžić is one of the founders and editors of the publishing house ZIRAL in 1970. While in exile 70 books were published before moving in 1991 to Mostar. Bazilije Pandžić was the co-founder of the Croatian Historical Institute in Rome. While being in exile, he published newspaper articles in the Croatian Catholic Messenger and Croatian Almanac of Chicago. After his return to the homeland he participated in various scientific conferences and contributed to journals such as Nova et vetera, Bosna franciscana, Herzegovina franciscana, Kršni zavičaj, Naša ognjišta, Vrutak, etc. Since 1995 he lives in Zagreb where he continued his scholarly research. Most recently, he published several works, including the three-volume Acta Franciscana Hercegovinae in 2003 and 2009, and Herzegovinian Franciscans. Seven centuries with the people in 2001. His collected, scientific works, amount to about 10,000 pages, including 24 monographs.[7][1] After the publication of the collected works he published two more books: the second, enlarged edition of the comprehensive work Herzegovinian Franciscans,[8] and a book of fundamental-theological reflections titled Ususret Bogu (Towards God).[9]

Works

Bazilije Stjepan Pandžić, Humac (December 2016)

Bazilije Stjepan Pandžić has published 24 books and a multitude of scientific papers in different languages. Following is a list of his monographs. The list of all his published works up to 2010 is in the making (in PDF format).[1]

Croatian works

Latin works

Italian works

German works

English works

Literature

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Zvonko Pandžić (priredio/edidit): Stephani Basilii Pandžić, O.F.M. – Opera Omnia Typis Edita. Editio electronico modo confecta. Izdavač: Editiones Tusculanae. Zagreb 2010.
  2. ↑ Bazilije Stjepan Pandžić: De dioecese tribuniensi et mercanensi, printed in Rome, 1959.
  3. ↑ vol. 31/1956, and 32/1964.
  4. ↑ Sacra Rituum Congregatio, Sectio historica, n. 12: Sebenicen. Declarationis martyrii B. Nicolai Tavelić sacerdotis professi Ordinis Fratrum Minorum in odium fidei, ut fertur, in civitate Ierusalem interfecti (+1391), Positio super martyrio ex officio concinnata. Bazilije Pandžić. Typis Polyglotis Vaticanis 1961.
  5. ↑ Sacra Congregatio pro causis Sanctorum, Officium Historicum n. 6: Toletana Canonizationis Beatricis de Silva Fundatricis Monialium Franciscalium a Santissima Conceptione († c. 1492), Positio super vita et virtutibus ex officio concinnata. Bazilije Pandžić. Rim 1970.
  6. ↑ Sacra Congregatio pro causis sanctorum, Officium historicum, n. 108: Viennen. Beatificationis seu declarationis martyrii servi Dei et 2 sociorum O. F. M. in odium fidei, uti fertur, anno 1716 in Aethiopia occisorum Positio super martyrio ex officio concinnata. Bazilije Pandžić. Rim 1983.
  7. ↑ Bazilije Pandžić: Opera omnia typis edita. DVD-ROM and PDF. Collegit Zvonko Pandžić. Editio electronico modo confecta. Zagreb: Editiones Tusculanae 2010.
  8. ↑ Bazilije Pandžić: Hercegovački franjevci. Sedam stoljeća s narodom. Mostar, 2011.
  9. ↑ Zagreb, 2011
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