Ivan Belostenec
Ivan Belostenec was a Croatian linguist and lexicographer.Life
In 1616 he joined the Paulists. He studied philosophy in Vienna and theology in Rome. Belostenec was a prior of Pauline monasteries in Lepoglava, Svetice at Ozalj and Sveta Jelena at Čakovec, and also a visitator in Istria.Accomplishments
Belostenec wrote poems and sermons. His main work was a bilingual dictionary Gazophylacium, seu Latino-illyiricorum onomatum aerarium. The work remained unfinished. Except for its richness of words, Gazophylacium is also important for its trilingual concept characteristic for the members of the Ozalj literary-linguistic circle. Gazophylacium was finished and prepared for publication by two Paulists - Jerolim Orlović and Andrija Mužar, it was published in Zagreb 1740.
