Nikola Tavelić was a 14th-century Croatian Franciscan priest and missionary. Born in Šibenik, he joined the Order of Friars Minor in Bribir before dedicating much of his ministry to spreading Catholicism in Bosnia. Later, he served in the Holy Land at the Monastery of Mount Zion. He is remembered for his martyrdom in Jerusalem, where he and three fellow friars were executed after refusing to convert to Islam while preaching the Christian faith. He was eventually canonized as the first Croatian saint.