Juraj Dragišić Giorgio Benigno Salviati

Philosopher, theologian, teacher and writer. Born in Srebrenica, he is considered to be one of the most influential figures of the 15th and 16th century and one of the most respected European intellectuals of his time. He obtained excellent university education in Rome, Bologna, Florence, Padova, Ferrara, Paris (Sorbonne) and Oxford. He taught at numerous universities in Italy and becoming an educator and tutor of the children of the Toscan Archduke Lorenzo Medici (Including future Pope Leon X). He authored numerous important books on topics of logic, humanities, dialectic, ethics, philosophy and theology. This included arguments in favour of free will (a widely contested notion at the time). He was an envoy of the Pope at the court of Emperor Maximillian in Innsbruck. In 1514 he proposed the reform of the Julian calendar, later becoming known as the Gregorian calendar.