Original scientific paper
»POP JURA NEVREDI NIŠTA« [PRIEST GEORGE IS GOOD FOR NOTHING] – A BAD PASTOR OR POLITICAL OPPONENT?
Jasna TURKALJ
Abstract
On the basis of archival sources from the Croatian State Archives in Zagreb author reveals and analyses events from the beginning of 1882, when ban Pejačević and Croatian Parliament decided to discontinue payment of annual fee to priest Juraj Jeličić for his religious instructions in school in Selce. The entire case actually started a year earlier since during the elections for Croatian Parliament in 1881 Jeličić openly supported The Party of Right
(Stranka prava) and this turned all the local political attention to him. At the same time local authorities had started investigation against him because of the rumours about his malpractice regarding the religious instructions, as well as court process because this priest
had showed aggression against one of his political opponents. During the process all the local personnel witnessed against Jeličić, probably because he was in personal argue with most of them. Therefore, in spite of the intervention of bishop Posilović, Jeličić lost his annual tuition fee of 150 forints.
Keywords
Juraj Jeličić; Selca; Party of Right; parliament elections; political agitation; 1881/1882; ecclesiastical history; history of politics
Hrčak ID:
28055
URI
Publication date:
20.6.2008.
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