de Dominis, Marc Antonio (1566–1624)

Dalmatian churchman. A brilliant student and teacher and member of the Jesuits, de Dominis left the order in 1596 and six years later became archbishop of Spalato. Deeply critical of the papacy, he relinquished his archbishopric in 1616 and fled to England. Warmly received by James I, he was made dean of Windsor and published an indictment of Rome, De Republica Ecclesiastica (1617). He later returned to Rome.

His period in England was made difficult by personal conflicts and political considerations, and in 1622 he left England and attempted a reconciliation with the church in Rome. In 1623 he published a vehement attack on the Anglican Church. He died in Rome, a captive of the Inquisition.