Born into the local nobility of Ragusa, he became at 20 a member of the Great Council of the "Republic of Ragusa" and set about fulfilling the duties that fell to him as an aristocrat. With Amalteo and Nascimbeni he founded a literary academy, the "Academy of Concords". The members met in the Palace of Customs, to read their rhymes. This palace was also the meeting place for other important individuals of Dubrovnik, as Lucijan Ghetaldi, Natal Tudisi, Marin Kosta (also member of the" Accademia dei Confusi" of Viterbo), Marin Držić, Dinko Ragnina, Nikola Primi, Luka Sorkočević, the poet Julija Bona, Mihajlo Monaldi.