Original scientific paper
THE CHAPELS OF ŽMINJ. THE HISTORY OF A POPULAR DEVOTIONAL PRACTICE
Elvis Orbanić
Nela Peteh
Abstract
The article presents the chapels in the parish of Žminj, built from the 18th century to June 2016, when the last one was erected. The inscriptions on the chapels and other notices such as their location and titular are presented too. The chapels were founded as protection against epidemics, poverty and wars, that threatened the peasants world. The authors show and prove by the historical context, that this was the case with the parish of Žminj. The scarce archive material was completed by the information of the witnesses and by comparative literature.
Keywords
chapels; parish of Žminj; diocese of Poreč and Pula; 18th-21st century; popular devotion
Hrčak ID:
170104
URI
Publication date:
7.11.2016.
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