SITUAŢIA CENSULUI CATEDRATIC DIN EPISCOPIA DE FĂGĂRAŞ ÎNTRE ANII 1745-1751
The Situation of the Cathedral Fee from the Bishopric of Făgăraş between 1745-1751

Summary/Abstract: Because of the forced departure of bishop Inochentie Micu-Klein to Rome and the death of the vicar, archpriest Nicolae of Biia, Petru Pavel Aaron become the general vicar of the diocese. He had to deal with both the administration of the diocese and the problem caused by the arrival of the monk Visarion Sarai. From the financial point of view, the situation of the diocese was far from ideal, the disturbances brought by Visarion’s visit in the spring of 1744 led to a revolt among the archpriestship and priests. Bishop Klein’s rather difficult situation in Rome and his repeated complaints lead to increased evidence in documents of this tax, called the „census catedratici”. All of these records on this tax are the result of vicar Aaron’s request to collect the „census catedratici”, in order to support the exiled bishop. The documents include data of the collected money, and also about those who had the task of collecting those founds. Moreover, in the documents it is also highlighted the real situation of the archpriestships after the departure of the bishop from the Principality. Bishop Klein’s influence on financial administration was especially evident in the action of the archpriests, who were quite influential in their first part of his exile. Therefore, this paper aims to show firstly how the vicar succeeded to manage the situation of collecting the money and secondly, how he used those founds for administration. Those aspects show the vicar’s abilities to administrate a diocese under the pressure of social and political events that took place inside the diocese.

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