Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zadar
The Archdiocese of Zadar ( kroat.: Zadarska nadbiskupija, Latin: Archidioecesis Iadrensis ) is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese in Croatia.
History
The Archdiocese of Zadar, which is directly subordinate to the Holy See today ( Immediate ), is mentioned as a bishopric in the year 530.
During the Awareneinfälle the city of Zadar is spared and develops in ecclesiastical, political and ethnic terms. First bishop of St. Donatus ( kroat. Sv. Donat ). In the 9th century, it can build the monumental church of the Holy Trinity in Zadar, which was named after him church of Sv. Donat. The diocese is charged in the 12th century to the archbishopric and the Metropolia.
Pope Alexander III. lingers on a journey through the direction of Venice, before his meeting with Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, on 13 March 1177 the city of Zadar. It is claimed that the clergy and the people of Zadar to him solemnly greeted with acclamations and songs in " Slavic language".
Since 1607 is produced in Zadar, the "Collegium Illiricum ". From 1410 to the year 1820, Glagolitic scribe operate in the city of Zadar. The church books are out in the field of the Archdiocese predominantly in the Glagolitic script, written in Croatian Glagolitic - characters. Special contributions to the Croatian- Glagolitic literature in the field of the Archdiocese of Zadar fall to the Capuchin Order. This order is established since the 13th century in Zadar and the surrounding area.
On June 30, 1828, the restructuring of the Archdiocese made by the Empire of Austria. The Archdiocese of Zadar is accredited as Metropolia. Meanwhile management area is extended to the famous bishopric of Nin. With the peace treaty of Rapallo on February 11, 1920 fall to four communities of the Archdiocese of Italy. In addition, the Archdiocese of the rank of a Metropolitan Church is withdrawn. However, it remains an archbishopric, which is subject to further suffragan to the Holy See in Rome. This situation persists until the end of World War II. On March 1, 1948, the Holy See adopts a rescript, which accredits and confirms the old administrative units of the Archdiocese of Zadar again.
Once included the city of Zadar 30 churches. Some of these monuments were destroyed during the Second World War. In 1970, the Romanesque monastery of the Holy Mother of God restored, in which the Nuns of the Benedictine is established since the year 1091. At the same time the Benedictine monastery is a precious testimony of Croatian cultural and religious past during the Croatian royal dynasty. The Cathedral of St. Simon ( kroat. Sv. Šimun ) built during the 12th and 13th century. Famous is the ornately - crafted, silver plated shrine of Simeon, as well as the Franciscan and Dominican Church in Zadar. Patron saint of the city of Zadar is the St. Anastasia ( kroat. Sv. Stošija ). Named after her in the city of Zadar is also the Basilica, the largest church in Dalmatia.