Background
Ivan "Ivo" Stojanović was born in Dubrovnik on 17 December 1829.
Ivan "Ivo" Stojanović was born in Dubrovnik on 17 December 1829.
He was involved with the literary journal Slovinac. He was taught in Dubrovnik and Zadar. At an early age he decided to take orders, becoming a priest upon his graduation from the Zadar Roman Catholic Seminary in 1852.
He first spent a year in Korčula as a parish priest.
After that he went to Rijeka where he spent the next thirty years. In his lifetime he befriended many politicians and men of letters, including Vlaho Getaldić, Luka Diego Sorkočević (grandson of the Dubrovnik composer) and Jozo Bunić.
From 1883 until his death he was honoured and esteemed wherever he went. The chief dialogue of this movement, fostering inclusiveness for both Italians and Serbs, was Dom Ivo Stojanović.