
And the Pope was on this peculiar island; this happened in spring 1177. Pope Alexander III, on his route from the Italian port Vieste to Zadar and Venice, stopped on Palagruza, where the fishermen from Komiza made a modest banquet in his honor. The Pope was delighted, and after having spent some time among them, he left for Komiza curious to see the town of their origins, before continuing his journey.