Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.34075/cs.55.2.1
Letter from Fr. Pavao Vučković from Captivity in Urfa (Edessa) in 1699
Marko Rimac
; Faculty of philosophy, University of Split, Split, Croatia
Josip Dukić
; Catholic faculty of Theology, University of Split, Split, Croatia
Abstract
The fate of the Rama-Sinj Franciscans who opposed the Ottoman army led by Mustafa-pasha Daltaban on their property in Čitluk near Sinj in 1698 is relatively well known from chronicle descriptions. Most of the friars lost their lives, and the Guardian of the Rama, i.e. Sinj monastery, Fr. Pavao Vučković, was taken into Ottoman captivity. However, nothing was known about his fate for a long time, so the letter discovered in the spring of 2015 in the State Archives in Venice, which he had sent from captivity in Urfa (today Şanlıurfa in Turkey, once ancient Edessa), interrupted a long period of anxiety about his fate. Fr. Pavao sent a letter to his brother, Serdar Tadija, then to his nephews, relatives and friends. There are several interesting circumstances that have been clarified in the letter, and some previous claims about his fate after being taken
prisoner, have been called into question.
Keywords
Fr. Pavao Vučković; Mustafa-pasha Daltaban; Sinj; Čitluk; Urfa-Şanlıurfa-Edessa; Franciscan monastery in Rama; Franciscan monastery in Sinj; captivity
Hrčak ID:
240726
URI
Publication date:
22.7.2020.
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