Background
A Serb, Orthodox Christian, Dobrović was born to parents that migrated from Bosnia to what is today Croatia.
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After he was educated in Graz he became parsel of Ivanić and later became a canon in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zagreb.
Career
He was a student in Graz in the period between 1599 and 1608. His song Eidem was published in a 1601 work where his profession was noted as a student of literature (Latin: Litterarum humaniorum studiosus). Dobrović was parsel of Ivanić and chaplain of the German military garrison in Ivanić.
As parsel of Ivanić, Dobrović actively worked on who migrated from Ottoman Empire to the region around Marča and Ivanić.
He began with this activities even before Simeon Vretanja was appointed as the bishop of Marča. In 1609 Dobrović was authorized by the Pope to convert Orthodox Serbs to Catholic faith.
In 1611 Dobrović and Vretanja travelled to Rome together. Dobrović recommended Matija Sumer from Ivanić to be educated as Catholic priest.
Dobrović died in 1621.
