Father Andrija Kačić Miošić was born in the village Bristo near Makarska on April 17th 1704. , his father named Bartul Miošić and mother Manda. His mother's brother fra Šimun was an abbot at the Franciscan monastery in Zaostrog (1714.-1717.) and the provincial vicar of the great Franciscan province of Bosnia Srebrena (1727.-1728.) which owing to this encouraged young Antun's schooling and monastic orientation.
Successfully completing his education in Zaostrog young Antun on March 10th 1720. under the name father Andrija entered the Franciscan order.
Following his philosophical and theological studies father Andrija was pronounced a priest in 1728 in Šibenik. He was assigned to a pedagogic duty in his community, so he continues his studies (1728-1730) , probably in Italy. He was assigned to be a professor of philosophy in 1730.
After a 15 –year duty as a professor the head of his province shifted father Andrija to the monastery Sumartin on the island Brač , in which he was a patriarch from 1747 to 1749.The last decade of his life Kačić spent in his monastery in Zaostrog. That is at the same time the most fruitful period in his life during which he published all of his literary work.
However, this well reputed poet unexpectedly died from pneumonia on December 14th 1760 while collecting food for those in need in his parish.The famous poet was buried in the entrance of the monastery church in Zaostrog.Father Andrija Kačić Miošić left behind four printed books.
The first is written in the Latin language Elementa peripathetica (1752.) as a textbook for young theologians.
Three of his books in Croatian have a special place in literature: Razgovor ugodni naroda slovinskog /1756.), Razgovor ugodni naroda slovinskoga (1759.) and Korabljica (1760.).
They were published in Venice, the political and cultural centre of this part of Europe at the time. The book Razgovor ugodni naroda slovinskog was issued numerous times and had become a popular reading for people at that time and also one of the foundations of the Croatian standard language.
