Augustin Kažotić


Augustin Kažotić

Bishop of Lucera
A 1352 fresco by Tommaso da Modena at the church of Saint Nicholas in Treviso
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
DioceseLucera
SeeLucera
Appointed21 August 1322
Term ended3 August 1323
PredecessorGiacomo da Fusignano
SuccessorGiacomo
Previous post(s)Bishop of Zagreb (1303–22)
Orders
Consecration1303
by Pope Benedict XI
RankBishop
Personal details
Born
Augustin Kažotić

1260
Died3 August 1323 (aged 62–63)
Lucera, Foggia, Kingdom of Naples
Sainthood
Feast day3 August
Venerated inCatholic Church
Beatified17 July 1700
Saint Peter's Basilica, Papal States
by Pope Innocent XII
Attributes
PatronageLucera

Augustin Kažotić (Italian: Agostino Casotti, Hungarian: Kazotics Ágoston; 1260 – 3 August 1323) was a Croatian prelate of the Catholic Church and professed member from the Order of Preachers who served as the Bishop of Lucera from 1322 until his death. Kažotić was a humanist and orator who had served first as the Bishop of Zagreb from 1303 until 1322. Kažotić studied in Paris before returning to his homeland where he began working in the missions and preaching in modern Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was one of the first humanist figures to appear in southern Croatia.

His reputation for personal holiness remained noted long after his death; this resulted in Pope Innocent XII confirming Kažotić's beatification in 1700.