Original scientific paper
THE FRANCISCAN MONASTERY AND THE CHURCH OF THE VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY IN MARIJA GORICA
Branimir Brgles
Abstract
Ottoman conquest of the eastern parts of Croatian kingdom that was recorded in medieval and early modern written historical sources in 15th and 16th century caused a massive demographic change. Immigrants that migrated to the Susedgrad feudal possession populated the western parts of the manor, between the rivers Sava, Sutla and Krapina. The abovementioned immigrants spoke the ikavian-čakavian dialect (during time, they assumed kaykavian elements, but kept the ikavian reflex of jat, so today they are called kaykavian-ikavian speakers). According to historical sources and the legend, immigrants were led or accompanied by the Franciscans of provincia Bosniae Croatiae, carrying with them a mirraculus statue of Virgin Mary. Franciscans were allowed to build a monastery and a church, which was at first devoted to Saint Peter the Apostle but later, in the second half of the 17th century, changed its patron.
Keywords
Marija Gorica; The Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Franciscans; the Franciscan monastery in Sveta Gorica; kaykavian-ikavian speakers of the lower Sutla river
Hrčak ID:
76101
URI
Publication date:
30.11.2011.
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