Vjekoslav Spinčić
Vjekoslav Spinčić (born in Spinčići near Kastav, 23 October 1848 - died in Sušak, 27 May 1933) was a Croatian politician from Istria.
After studying theology in Gorizia and Trieste, he was ordained a priest in 1872. Afterwards, he continued studies in history and geography in Prague and Vienna. He worked as a teacher in Koper, and later in Gorica, where he was fired in 1892 after saying Istria belongs to Croatia while in Zagreb.
Along with Matko Mandić and Matko Laginja, he was one of the most influential Croatian politicians in Istria at the time, a member of the Party of Rights. He served in the Imperial Council multiple times. At the Unveiling of the Gundulić monument in Dubrovnik, Spinčić arrived as the highest ranking Croatian politician from Istria and laid a wreath as its representative.
In 1908, he refused to recognize the agreement between the Croatian-Slovenian Peoples' Parties with the Italian Liberal Party about the overhaul of politics in Istria. Spinčić was a long-time president of the Society of Sts. Cyril and Methodius in Istria. He left politics after the annex of Istria to Italy in 1920. After this, he moved to the Croatian town of Sušak in the then Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, where he died.
Works
- Slavensko bogoslužje u Istri (1913)
- Narodni preporod u Istri (1924)
- Crtice iz hrvatske književne kulture Istre (1926)
Sources
- Spinčić, Vjekoslav at istrapedia.hr (in Croatian)
- Spinčić, Vjekoslav at enciklopedija.hr (in Croatian)
