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A book published in 2017 for the 100th birthday present in honor of Dr Fra Bazilije Stjepan Pandžić contains researched historical data for the origins of this surname. The book is called “Opera Dei revelare honorificum est ... Zbornik radova u Baziliju Pandžić. Ante Glavaš is currently one of the earliest recorded Pandžići members to be traced. Their settlement in the Dalmatian hills of Graovište near Drinovci. It says they are a branch of the Glavaš family (Ante Glavaš alias Pandža) Apparently there is a Pandžić family recorded in Tomislavgrad who originated from Drinovci near Grude. It says they are a branch of the Glavaš family. In the 1741/42 registry of Catholics, Fra Pavao Dragičević recorded two Glavaš families in Drinovci: Martin and Ante Glavaš, with 17 and 7 members, respectively. In the 1768 registry, Fra Marijan Bogdanović found two Glavaš families as well: Martin and Andrija Glavaš with 44 and 11 members, respectively. In 1795 when the parish of Drinovci started to maintain it's own metrical books (i.e. maticne knjige) you start to see the surname combinations Glavaš - Pandžić and Pandžić-Glavaš. Ante Glavaš, who was mentioned in the 1742 registry, carries the Pandža nickname but, in 1768, his son Andrija is seen carrying the Pandžić surname. Pandža the nickname of Ante Glavaš, is not related to the surname Pandža which is found in Goranci near Mostar and originated from the old Karapandzic family.” Pandža translated to English means "Claw.” Ante Glavaš was given the nickname “claw”, however his son Andrija did not keep the Glavaš Surname. Instead, he now carried the surname "Pandžić", which essentially means the now surname “Pandžić” meaning “son of claw” forward from 1768 on until today. Andrija Pandžić alias Glavaš and his wife Anica Nikić had 5 children. They were Toma, Bonoventura, Tomica, Ante, and Gabro, all with the surname Pandžić. These ancestral people were the leading outcome for the expansion of the Pandžići surname Loza throughout the world. Whether it be Christian or Islam in religious background. These names all came from the same area in Bosnia, Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo or Croatia.
Research completed on the Pandžići and Glavaš families as well as the Monastery School they attended: Prof. Dr. Sc. Srećko Tomas and his son Prof. Dr. Sc. Domagoj Tomas researched the original church records. Four volumes of researched materials on the Monastery and school in Široki Brijeg “Franjevačka klasična gimnazija na Širokom Brijeg.” All research completed from 1844 to 1945 was published by Fra Ante Marić , current director of the Monastery Library and Archives in Mostar.
Franjevačka klasična gimnazija na Širokom Brijeg Research Author: Fra Ante Marić Four Books (Volumns: 8/1,2,3,4) were researched and published in Mostar, Hercegovina in regards to the life and history of the Boys who attended school at the Monastery in Široki Brijeg. Some Students commuted each day from their villages, others lived in a dormatory the entire school year. These manuscripts tell the history and enrollment of students from 1844 until it’s destruction and closure in 1945. The link to the history of this school is the locality of it and ease to access for the families of the village of Drinovci. The Pandžić family had many of their children attend throughout the life of this Monastery, Church, and School. A new book of the recipe number 8 book was published. The title is the Franciscan Classical Grammer School in Široki Brijeg, the author of Fr. Ante Marić. It is printed in three volumns and has 1889 pages. Volume 8/1, Franciscan Classical Grammer School in Široki Brijeg, Educational Institutions of Hercegovačka. Franciscan Province, Book 2, represents the period from 1844 to the school year 1917/18. and the first maturity exam with the public right: Volume 8/2, Franciscan Classical Grammer School in Široki Brijeg, Educational Institutions of Hercegovačka. Franciscan Province, Book 3, represents the period from 1918/19. until 1934/35. school year. Finally Volumn 8/3, Franciscan Classical Grammer School in Široki Brijeg, Educational Institutions of Hercegovačka. Franciscan Province, Book 4, descibes the period from 1935/36 until school year 1944/45. when the Partisan Franciscan classical grammer school in Široki Brijeg was sufficated. This volumn ends with the title Building of Wide Threat Objects. The publisher is the Hercegovian Franciscan Province of the Assumption of BDM, the Franciscan Library of Mostar. The publisher is Dr. Fr. Ivan Sesar, Provincial. The responsibl editor is Fr. Ante Marić, a librarian. The reviewer is Dr. Fr. Basil Stjepan Pandžić, a lecture signed by Zdenka Leženić, Prof., graphic design by Antonija Zeljko Cavar, photographs and documents scanned and restored by Vedran Icanović, presented by Ivan Dugandžić and Blanka Kraljević. The book was printed in Franjevaćki tiskari FRAM - ZIRAL, Mostar. The Book will be presented at the monastery at Široki Brijeg on November 3, 2011.
Article and letter written by Fr Kresimir Stipan Pandzic in haste of the impending deaths of him and his brothers:
ARTICLE: Croatian Catholic Priests, Theology Students and Religious Brothers Killed by Communists and Serbian Chetniks in the Former Yugoslavia During and after World War II. Ante Cuvalo, Cardinal Aloysius Stepinac's mock trial, imprisonment, and death came to symbolize the sufferings of both the Catholic Church and the Croatian people in the former Yugoslav state. The following list, although incomplete, of murdered Catholic clergymen bears a horrid witness to the persecutions of the clergy and of the Croatian people. 306. Pandžić, Krešimir (1891-1945) 307. Pandžić, Borislav (killed 1945) The list actually has 456 Names given at the website: http://homepage.altavista.com/croatianstudies/files/hist_clergy.html
INSTRUCTIONS TO MEMBERS OF PROVINCE OF WARRANTY IN THE RATE PROVINCIALS OF HERZEGOVIAN FRENCHS IN MOSTAR Number: 551/42. All pp. Father of the Franciscan Province of Hercegovačka. The Redemptive Community imposes before us God and people all the greater or lesser responsibility for the rule and for the making of individual members. In the present circumstances, for the sake of security and protection of Herzegovina, in particular, On every occasion, we must show all possible co-existence and dignity to all the representatives of the Salvation Army. We can not and will not forget the services of the foreign army, which are in the future available to us. Political issues are solved by the state's competent authorities, and we will make our state the greatest and most useful service if we carry out all of our religious and priestly duties at an hour of trial with even more conscientiousness. By the way, 1) Father St Stephen Naletilić has every priest as soon as possible to say one measure: if alive, for his salvation, if not alive, for eternal sojourn. The brothers of the clergy and champions will receive at the same intent of St. commemorate and proclaim the Franciscan Rosary. 2) Oo. parishioners warn the world to save and preserve for the winter all the foods without which they can pass in the summer and fall. This also applies to our religious houses. 3) Our priests, in prayer, in confessions and sermons, in prayer, in social work seek and be a vocation for our brothers and sisters. Time does not wait. Where the right to a religious profession is discovered, ask the Provincial Printed Bureau, which specifies the conditions for receiving and will be signed by the candidate and his / her parents.
Peace and good wishes to you
MOSTAR, 22 July 1942
Provincial: Fr. Krešimir Pandžić