Dvije bilješke iz arhiva Franjevačkog samostana u Tolisi o starim topovima iz Gračanice
Two notes from the archive of the Franciscan Monastery in Tolisa on old cannons from Gračanica

Summary/Abstract: The archive of the Franciscan Monastery in Tolisa houses two documents concerning the fate of two cannons found in Gračanica during the Austro-Hungarian occupation. The author of the first document is Fra Martin Nedić (1810-1895), who left a note about the cannons of Gračanica in his extensive manuscript miscellany called “Prolokol”. The second note comes from Fra Pavo Knežević (1843-1896), who served as a parish priest in Špionica from 1876 to 1885. His record was compiled in 1935 by the parish priest of Špionica, Fra Petar Ević (1890-1985), in a text titled “Brief Historical Notes on the Parish of Špionica.” According to these records and auxiliary literature, after the Austro-Hungarian army occupied Gračanica, they found two cannons which were promised to the priest in Špionica for the purpose of casting bells. Fra Pavo Knežević describes his attempts and eventual success in acquiring the cannons, which were then sent by Fra Martin Nedić to Pécs, where three bells for Špionica were cast from them: a large one weighing 278 kilograms, dedicated to St. Joseph, the patron saint of the parish; a medium one, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, weighing 170 kilograms; and a small one, weighing 83 kilograms, dedicated to the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. From the remaining material, a small bell for the parish in Semeljci, weighing 58 kilograms, was also cast. During the First World War, in 1916, the large and small bells were confiscated from the parish of Špionica to be melted down into cannons.

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