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https://doi.org/10.21857/yk3jwh7649
Marriage dispensations for Petar Divnić (1576) and Nikola Divnić (1602) as a source of knowledge on the Divnić family genealogy and the implementation of several provisions of the Council of Trent decree on marriage reformation in the commune of Šibenik
Iva Kurelac
orcid.org/0009-0007-2914-0567
; Odsjek za povijesne znanosti, Zavod za povijesne i društvene znanosti, Hrvatska akdemija znanosti i umjetnosti, Zagreb, Hrvatska
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The subject of research are two unpublished marriage dispensations of the years 1576 and 1602, of the members of the noble Šibenik family of Divnić – Petar and Nikola, descendants of the second of the three family branches, originating from Šimun, son to Ciprijan. Starting from the Roman and mediaeval key canon law regulations on matrimonial law – the Council of Trent Decree on Marriage Reformation (Decretum de reformatione matrimonii), issued on 11 November 1563 at the 24th Council session, and several provisions of the Šibenik Statute, the implementation of particular provisions of the Council of Trent regarding marriage impediments (impedimentum consanguinitatis in particular) in the commune of Šibenik, and the procedure for acquiring and verifying the marriage dispensation (dispensatio) are analysed using the examples of dispensations for Petar and Nikola Divnić. The dispensation for Petar Divnić (Malpaga) and Margareta (Marija) Vrančić, granted by Pope Gregory XIII on 3rd April 1576 in Tusculum, was entered in the registry of Luka Spingaroli, Bishop of Šibenik, on 12 May 1576. The marriage impediment (impedimentum dirimens) stated in the document is their consanguinity (consanguinitas) at two, respectfully three removes. The dispensation furthermore states Margareta’s reasons for seeking forgiveness from the marriage impediment, belonging to usual canonical reasons (causae canonicae motivae), i.e., angustia loci (the narrow confines of a community) and deficientia aut incompetentia dotis (absent or insufficient dowry). The dispensation for Nikola Divnić and Ursula Divnić, issued by Pope Clement VIII on 11 July 1601 at Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome, was entered into the registry of Vincenzo Arrigoni, Bishop of Šibenik, on 4 February 1602 at the office of the Šibenik Diocese. In this dispensation, the Pope addressed the vicar of the Bishop of Šibenik, stating that Nikola Divnić and Ursula Divnić, the applicants, had named their consanguinity at two, respectfully three removes as an impediment for marriage without papal dispensations. In both dispensations, it was claimed that neither Margareta nor Ursula had been abducted with the purpose of marriage. Pursuant to the provisions of the Council of Trent, the Pope granted the applicants dispensations based on the presented reasons and on the type of marriage impediment. Petar and Margareta were married on 19 May 1576, and Nikola and Ursula on 16 February 1602. Furthermore, based on a detailed analysis of the dispensations and data from literature, the exact place of Petar and Nikola in the Divnić family genealogy has been pinpointed, and their kinship with the Šibenik nobility – the Vrančić and Zavorović families explained. Margareta Vrančić was sister to Faust Vrančić – famous humanist, polyhistorian, inventor and lexicographer from Šibenik, and to Klara Vrančić, wife to Dinko Zavorović – humanist and historian from Šibenik. Ursula Divnić was daughter to Frane Divnić – poet, translator and publisher, who translated one work by Marko Marulić into Croatian (the translation has remained in the manuscript form) and published the Šibenik Statute (in 1608). Moreover, new knowledge regarding the so far unknown members of the Zavorović family is offered. Faust Vrančić’s grandmother on the maternal side, Klara Zavorović, was married to Šimun Dobrojević; moreover, the Zavorović family members had been related in blood with the Vrančić family members even before the marriage of Klara Vrančić, daughter to Mihovil and Katarina, and sister to Faust, to the historian Dinko Zavorović. Based on the analysis of the dispensations granted to Petar and Nikola Divnić, the types of marriage impediments, the reasons for seeking forgiveness from the impediment, as well as the procedure of acquiring and verifying papal dispensation, it may be concluded that the church authorities in Šibenik had in the subject cases duly implemented the provisions of the Council of Trent Decree on Marriage Reformation in their entirety. The transcripts of both dispensations and a part of the genealogy of the Divnić and Zavorović families may be found as enclosure to this paper.
Ključne riječi
Petar Divnić; Nikola Divnić; Ursula Divnić; Margareta Vrančić; Klara Zavorović; genealogy; matrimonial law; marriage dispensation; Council of Trent; Šibenik
Hrčak ID:
325036
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Datum izdavanja:
18.12.2024.
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