Maksimilijan Vrhovac
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Maksimilijan Vrhovac (born November 23, 1752 in Karlovac, died December 16, 1827 in Zagreb) was the bishop of Zagreb. He was one of the ideological architects of the Croatian National Revival. Vrhovac is well-remember for his tireless work to collect the nation's spiritual treasure and spread the access to books among the Croatian people. Specifically, in 1808 he went to the Croatian Parliament asking that his library could be opened to the public.
Vrhovac studied in Vienna and Bologna before becoming a vice rector, and later rector, at the seminary in Zagreb as well as a professor of dogma at the Academy in Zagreb. Emperor Joseph II promoted him to rector of the seminary in Pest before he returned to Croatia as bishop.
