Mato Vodopić [SEP] date of death
Mato Vodopić
Mato Vodopić (; Dubrovnik, 13 December 1816 - 13 March 1893) was a prelate of the Catholic Church who served as bishop of Dubrovnik from 3 July 1882 until his death in 1893. He wrote poems for some special occasions, and was a storyteller and collector of folk ballads. An ethnic Serb, Vodopić was a fierce supporter of a Serb and Yugoslav unification.
Biography.
Mato Vodopić is related to Bishop Ivan Pavlović Lučić (1755-1818) of Makarska, also known as "Vodopić"
, who published Ivan Tomko Marnavić's ""Saint Sava"" and declared himself a Serb, though Roman Catholic by confession.
After 1849 the home of the Pucić brothers became the gathering center of Dubrovnik's intelligentsia, often being attended by Mato Vodopić among others, including Medo Pucić, Niko Pucić, Antun Kaznačić and his brother Ivan August Kaznačić, Antun Paško Kazali, Mato Natali, Pero Marinović, Marin Giorgi, Bishop Frano Ucellini-Tice of Kotor, Ivo Vojnović, Frano Supilo, Milorad Medini, and Dragutin