He was born in
Rovigno (today Rovinj, Croatia) in the
Republic of Venice. While his name literally means "the Slav" and his origins are unknown, it has been argued that he was in fact Italian, since all people from "the other side of the water" were scornfully called as such (
schiavoni) by
Venetians. He joined the
Dominican Order and in 1461 the
Olivetans. He is also said to have worked in the convent of
Santa Maria in Organo with Giovanni. Some of them are in
St Mark's Basilica. He worked on the old sacristy in St Mark together with
Lorenzo Canozi of Lendinara in 1450. Most of his work was dispersed. Because of this, it is difficult to determine how much influence he had on his pupil Giovanni da Verona. ==Bibliography==