Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.53745/ccp.47.92.4
Prayer ceremonies dedicated to the popes or organized at their instigation during the 19th and early 20th centuries on the island of Rab
Milena Marijan Peranić
orcid.org/0009-0002-8436-2406
; Public library Rab, Rab, Croatia
Abstract
The author of this paper discusses various religious ceremonies, which were arranged for prayer assistance to the supreme superiors of the Catholic Church (popes) or were organized at their instigation and were held during the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century on the island of Rab. Namely, these ceremonies mostly were processions, pilgrimages, and mass celebrations. A particularly large number of Rab believers participated in the pilgrimage and accompanying prayer ceremonies for Pope Pius IX in 1872, when the believers of all Rab parishes went on a local pilgrimage to the monastery church of St. Bernardino of Siena in Kampor, to worship the icon of Our Lady of Grace displayed on the altar. The author reconstructs this event based on the available documents from the Rab Pro-vicary Archives, together with the records preserved in the Great Chronicle of Kampor. Moreo- Josip Gržetić Krasanin (1837 - 1896), who at one time also worked as a pastor in the village of Mundanije in Rab, is also analyzed. Furthermore, the author analyzes an offering document for the obol of St. Peter, which testifies about the alms collected for the Pope. In the parish archives in Rab, there is also a preserved ritual book with recorded songs and prayers that were performed during the processions on Rab at that time. Moreover, one can find a note written by the Bishop of Krk, Ivan Josip Vitezić, possibly written on the occasion of this pilgrimage. In addition to the mentioned pilgrimage, mass celebrations were held on the island of Rab during the nineteenth century on the occasion of the election and enthronement of the pope, as well as for various anniversaries of the priesthood and papacy of Pius IX and of some other popes. Prayer celebrations were organized for the release from the imprisonment of Pope Pius VII, as well as for the recovery of Leo XIII. Moreover, at the instigation of Leon XIII believers on Rab organized thanksgiving masses on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of Columbus's discovery of the American continent. During the First World War, in 1915, on Rab, as well as in the whole of Europe, according to the instructions of Pope Benedict XV, A Day of Prayer was held, where believers send prayers to God for the return of peace in the World. By attending such ceremonies, the contemporary Rab community was connected with other believers in Europe and the World and identified itself with the entire Catholic community under the leadership of the Pope, with whom they prayed together, showed solidarity, feared, mourned, but also rejoiced and celebrated.
Keywords
Rab; piety; pilgrimage; processions; pope Pius IX; peace prayers; Josip Gržetić Krasanin; Bishop Ivan Josip Vitezić; 19th century; beginning of 20th century
Hrčak ID:
313278
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Publication date:
23.1.2024.
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