Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.53745/ccp.46.89.1
Croatian Emigrants and Venetian Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Following the Trails of Last Wills (15th – 17th Centuries)
Lovorka Čoralić
orcid.org/0000-0002-9333-7221
; Croatian Institute of History, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
This article is the result of long-term research on certain aspects of the history of the Croatian community in Venice in the period between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries. The author focuses on the Croatian emigrants in Venice, who in their will mention the church, monastery, and fraternity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, which for centuries was one of the most prominent church institutions in Venice. The research is based on archival sources (notarial wills) kept in the State Archives of Venice, covering the period from the 1460s to the 1660s. In the introductory part of the article, the author presents general information about the shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, a description of the research and its time frame, as well as the origin, occupations, and places of residence of the analyzed Croatian emigrants. The central part of the article is an analysis of the testamentary legacies of Croatian emigrants on the choice of burial place in the shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, together with the specifications of their final funeral (dress, number of Holy Masses, escort), as well as testamentary legacies of the church and monastery. Furthermore, the author briefly explores the relationship between Croatian testators and the clergy who was closely associated with the shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (monks and members of the Third Order who are mentioned as executors or witnesses of the last will). The main goal of the article is to discover a lesser-known, but still an important segment of the everyday life of Croats in Venice. Finally, this topic reveals that exploring the relationship between Croats and Venetians is an important part of understanding the common history and permeation between the two Adriatic coasts.
Keywords
Venice; shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel; migrations; Croatian emigrants; ecclesiastical history; history of 15th – 17th centuries
Hrčak ID:
274947
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Publication date:
10.4.2022.
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