Pavao Štoos

Pavao Štoos was a Croatian poet, priest and a revivalist. After graduating theology in Zagreb, he served as a bishop's secretary for a brief period, and from 1842 he was a pastor of the Pokupsko parish. Štoos is a notable person among Croatian patriots; as the author of a well-known elegy Kip domovine vu po?etku leta 1831, collaborator of Ljudevit Gaj's Danica, he clearly articulated his concerns over the foreign oppression and the de-nationalisation of the common people (vre i svoj jezik zabit Horvati hote ter drugi narod postati). Štoos pessimistically observes contemporary political and cultural movements, seeing the country as if trapped in the darkness of a dungeon. Besides the literature, he was also engaged in music and has published in 1858 Kitice srkvenih pjesama s napjevima. He is the author of the song "Poziv u kolo ilirsko". In 1862 he was appointed as a Zagreb canon, but he died before he managed to officially receive the title.