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==Life==

==Life==

===Family history===

===Family history===

[[File:Antun Vrancic by Martin Rota.jpg|left|thumb|160px|Fausto's uncle, Antonio, engraved by [[Martin Rota]]]]Fausto was born [[Šibenik]]<ref name = "Šibenik">Today [[Šibenik]], Croatia. Cfr. ''[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wJIIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA63&dq=&lr=&as_brr=4&cd=1#v=snippet&q=Veranzio%20Sebenico&f=false A collection of modern and contemporary voyages & travels]'', Oxford University, 1805</ref> He was a member of the noble family of counts Veranzio or ''conti Verantii'' (a branch of which later merged with Draganich family, creating the Counts Draganich-Veranzio),<ref name="Fortis" /> a notable family of writers.  

Fausto was born in Sibenik (or Sebenico)

* ''[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wJIIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA63&dq=&lr=&as_brr=4&cd=1#v=snippet&q=Veranzio%20Sebenico&f=false A collection of modern and contemporary voyages & travels]'', Oxford University, 1805

* [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wBg90lSgkQQC&pg=PA157&dq=Fausto+Veranzio+Abbe+Fortis&lr=&cd=1#v=snippet&q=Veranzio&f=false  Abbe Albert Fortis, Travels Into Dalmatia, 1768]

He was a member of the noble family of counts Veranzio or ''conti Verantii'' (a branch of which later merged with Draganich family, creating the Counts Draganich-Veranzio), a notable family of writers.  

He was the son of Michele Veranzio, a Latin poet, and the nephew of [[Antun Vrančić|Antonio]],<ref name="Fortis">Abbe Albert Fortis, ''[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wBg90lSgkQQC&pg=PA157&dq=Fausto+Veranzio+Abbe+Fortis&lr=&cd=1#v=snippet&q=Veranzio&f=false Travels Into Dalmatia]'', 1768</ref> [[archbishop of Esztergom]] (1504–1573), a [[diplomat]] and a civil servant, who was in touch with [[Erasmus]] (1465–1536), [[Philipp Melanchthon]] (1497–1560), and [[Nikola Šubić Zrinski]] (1508–1566), who took Fausto with him during some of his travels trough Hungary and the Republic of Venice.<ref>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=eE8TpJttyhgC&pg=PA239&dq=Fausto+Veranzi&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Fausto%20Veranzi&f=false Memoirs of the court of Augustus: continued, and completed, from the original papers of the late Sir Thomas Blackwell] John Mills, University of Aberdeen, Printed for A. Millar, 1753</ref>

He was the son of Michele Veranzio, a Latin poet, and the nephew of Antun Vrancic/Antonio, archbishop of Esztergom (1504–1573), a diplomat and a civil servant.

Fausto's mother was from the [[House of Berislavić|Berislavić]] family. His brother, Giovanni, died still young in battle.<ref name="Fortis"/><br>

*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=eE8TpJttyhgC&pg=PA239&dq=Fausto+Veranzi&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Fausto%20Veranzi&f=false Memoirs of the court of Augustus: continued, and completed, from the original papers of the late Sir Thomas Blackwell] John Mills, University of Aberdeen, Printed for A. Millar, 1753

The Veranzio family probably came from [[Bosnia]] to the town of Šibenik<ref name = "Šibenik" /> ([[Dalmatia]]), where a member of the family was mentioned for the first time in 1360.<ref>Naklada Naprijed, ''The Croatian Adriatic Tourist Guide'', pg. 208, Zagreb (1999), ISBN 953-178-097-8</ref>

While the family's main residence was in city of [[Šibenik]], they owned a big summer house on island [[Prvić]], in place Šepurine, a neighboring place to Prvić Luka (where he is buried in local church). The baroque castle that was used by Vrančić family as summer residence is now in possession of family Draganić.

 

While the family's main residence was in city of Sibenik, they owned a big summer house on island Prvic, in place Sepurine, a neighboring place to Prvic Luka (where he is buried in local church). The baroque castle that was used by Vrancic family as summer residence is now in possession of family Draganic.

===Education and political activities===

===Education and political activities===

As a youth, Veranzio was interested in science. Still a child, he moved to [[Venice]], where he attended schools, and then to [[Padua]] to join the [[University of Padua|University]], where he focused on [[law]], [[physics]], [[engineering]] and [[mechanics]]. <br/>

As a youth, Veranzio was interested in science. Still a child, he moved to Venice, where he attended schools, and then to Padua to join the University of Padua, where he focused on law, physics, engineering and mechanics.

At the court of [[Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor|King Rudolf II]], in [[Hradcany]] Castle, in Prague, Veranzio was chancellor for [[Hungary]] and [[Transylvania]] often in contact with [[Johannes Kepler]] and [[Tycho Brahe]]. After his wife's death,<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=6r9y2f5OjVsC&pg=PA115&dq=Faust+Verantius&hl=en&ei=4-L4S7fMCsXJcYuxxOYL&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Faust%20Verantius&f=false Cultural Link Kanada, Deutschland:] Festschrift zum Dreissigjährigen Bestehen by  Beate Henn-Memmesheimer & David Gethin John</ref> Veranzio left for Hungary. In 1598, he got the title of ''Episcŏpus Csanadiensis''<ref>[[Diocese of Csanád|bishop of Csanád]]</ref>  ''in partibus'' (even if he never set foot in Csanád). In 1609, back in Venice, he joined the brotherhood of [[Paul of Tarsus|Saint Paul of Tarsus]] ([[barnabites]]) and committed himself to the study of science. Veranzio died in 1617 in Venice and was buried in Dalmatia, near his family's countryhouse.<ref>on the [[Island of Prvić]] in the [[Adriatic Sea]].</ref>

 

At the court of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor/King Rudolf II, in Hradcany Castle, in Prague, Veranzio was chancellor for Hungary and Transylvania often in contact with Johannes Kepler and Tycho Brahe. After his wife's death,<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=6r9y2f5OjVsC&pg=PA115&dq=Faust+Verantius&hl=en&ei=4-L4S7fMCsXJcYuxxOYL&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Faust%20Verantius&f=false Cultural Link Kanada, Deutschland:] Festschrift zum Dreissigjährigen Bestehen by  Beate Henn-Memmesheimer & David Gethin John</ref> Veranzio left for Hungary. In 1598, he got the title of ''Episcŏpus Csanadiensis''<ref>[[Diocese of Csanád|bishop of Csanád]]</ref>  ''in partibus'' (even if he never set foot in Csanád). In 1609, back in Venice, he joined the brotherhood of Paul of Tarsus/Saint Paul of Tarsus and committed himself to the study of science. Veranzio died in 1617 in Venice and was buried in Dalmatia, near his family's countryhouse.<ref>on the Island of Prvic in the Adriatic Sea .</ref>

==Polymath and inventor==

==Polymath and inventor==

:''The above'': Veranzio's parachute ref (does not mention Croatia ???)

:''The above'': Veranzio's parachute ref (does not mention Croatia ???)