Pietro Stancovich

Pietro Mattia Stancovich (Petar Matija Stanković) (Barban, February 24, 1771 – Barban, September 12, 1852) was an Italian priest, historian and inventor, born in Istria.

He studied theology in Padua, was ordained in Pula and then appointed a canon in Barban. He self-published a total of twenty books, including a biography of prominent Istrians. Stancovic was also an inventor, constructing a sowing plow and two devices intended for the processing of olives (the spolpoliva and torchioliva). He wrote a treatise about his inventions, published in 1840. In Rovinj there is a library containing thousands of his books, called the Stancoviciana.[1][2][3]

References
  1. "Pietro Stancovich". istrianet. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  2. "Stancovich (Stanković), Pietro". Istrapedia. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  3. "Stankovic, Petar Matija". Croatian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
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