Pietro Stancovich
Pietro Mattia Stancovich (Petar Matija Stanković) (Barban, February 24, 1771 – Barban, September 12, 1852) was an Italian priest, historian and inventor, born in Istria.
Pietro Mattia Stancovich
Biography
He studied theology in Padua, was ordained in Pula and then appointed a canon in Barban. He self-published a total of twenty books, including a biography of prominent Istrians. Stancovic was also an inventor, constructing a sowing plow and two devices intended for the processing of olives (the spolpoliva and torchioliva). He wrote a treatise about his inventions, published in 1840. In Rovinj there is a library containing thousands of his books, called the Stancoviciana.[1][2][3]
References
- "Pietro Stancovich". istrianet. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- "Stancovich (Stanković), Pietro". Istrapedia. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- "Stankovic, Petar Matija". Croatian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
External links
- Ivetic, Egidio (2019). "STANCOVICH, Pietro". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 94: Stampa–Tarantelli (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.
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