%0 Journal Article %T Contribution of Fr. Ante Crnica to the Canonization of Blessed Nicholas Taveli£¿ %A Brkan %A Jure %J - %D 2018 %X Sa£¿etak With the introduction and conclusion the work is divided into five chapters. The first chapter speaks of Fr. Ante Crnica in the role of vice-postulator in the canonization of Blessed Nicholas Tavelic, who was a Croat, priest and Franciscan, who together with three other Friars (OFMs) ¡±gained the palm of martyrdom¡± in Jerusalem in November 14, 1391. The second chapter contains several important moments of the process and history of canonization of Nikola Tavelic, and the third chapter is devoted to the period since 1958 when an intense promotion of Blessed Nikola Taveli£¿ began. In the fourth chapter, the author presents the very beginnings of Fr. Ante Crnica¡¯s writing about Blessed Nikola Taveli£¿ and ends the article with the theme of canonization by the equipollence. In the end, the author finds that Fr. Ante Crnica was a deserving worker for the canonization of Blessed Nicholas Tavelic who was the first saint of the Croatian people. For the canonization of Blessed Nicholas Tavelic, Crnica proved to be a scholar, a church lawyer, a historian and also persistent, professional and fearless %K Ante Crnica %K Nikola Taveli£¿ %K Franciscans %K canonization %K Croat %U https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=303548