Župljani, svećenici, darovatelji – hrvatski iseljenici i mletačka župa i crkva S. Moisè (XV. – XVIII. stoljeće)
Parishioners, priests and benefactors: Croatian emigrants and the Venetian church and parish of S. Moisè from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century

Summary/Abstract: The church of S. Moisè, located in the central Venetian urban neighbourhood of S. Marco, for centuries had a reputation of a leading church institution in this part of the town. This essay uses sources from the Venetian State Archives (Archivio di Stato di Venezia), especially the fund Notarile testamenti, to study the forms of relationships and associations between Croatian immigrants and the parish and church of S. Moisè. While the essay encompasses the long period from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century, the focus is on the heyday of Croatian immigration into Venice, the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The first part contains general information about Croatian immigrants who maintained relations with the parish and church of S. Moisè, such as their birthplace, profession, economic status, connections with the Croatian immigrant community, level of integration into the new environment and similar. The second part analyses information obtained from the testaments of Croatian immigrants that connects these with the church of S. Moisè (location of their burial, mass service, bequests to the church of S. Moisè and local confraternities, relationships with local priests and so on). A special attention is paid to Croatian priests who, starting from the fifteenth century, were active in this church and used a variety of communication means to take part in the religious life of Croatian immigrants. The church of S. Moisè still holds a tombstone of the Budva chronicler and Venetian Krsto Ivanović (seventeenth century). This monument is one of the most luxurious sculptures dedicated to a Croatian immigrant in Venice.

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