Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21857/m8vqrtq8j9
Andrea Daniel di Raunnoch as Bishop of Pićan (1670–1686)
Elvis Orbanić
orcid.org/0000-0002-8596-8744
; Croatian Academy of Science and Arts, Institute for Historical and Social Sciences in Rijeka – Academy Unit Pula, Pula, Croatia
Abstract
In this prosopographical text, the author sets forth biographical data on Andrea
Daniel di Raunnoch, primarily in the context of his office of the Bishop of Pićan in the
period 1670–1686. The Bishop’s activity in the pastoral field has been described, and his
closest associates – priests presented. The staff at the Pićan bishop home, the members of
the cathedral chapter, and the priesthood hierarchy during Raunnoch’s Bishop’s office
have been reconstructed. Due to the preserved condition of the material, particularly
of parish registers, the focus has been reduced to two parishes as study examples –
Gračišće and Lindar, where the number and the structure of the pastoral staff have been
indicated. The text further tackles the Bishop’s connection with the social elite of the
wider Pazin area through his role of bestowing the sacrament of baptism. The majority
of the data listed in the article have been studied in many archival institutions (State
Archive in Pazin; Parish Archive in Pićan; Ljubljana Archdiocesan Archive; Archives
of the Republic of Slovenia; Croatian State Archive; Vatican Apostolic Archive; Historical
Archives Pontificium Collegium Germanicum Hungaricum), while a smaller
number thereof has been quoted from literature. Raunnoch’s office in Pićan was heavily
marked by his illness, from which he had suffered from his inauguration to his death.
Keywords
Andrea Daniel di Raunnoch; Diocese of Pićan; 17th century; family history; Istria.
Hrčak ID:
250178
URI
Publication date:
7.1.2021.
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