CONFRATERNITY OF THE 40 HOURS’ DEVOTION IN ZADAR AND ITS MATRICULA (16th – 17th C.)

Sa？etak Authors deliver historical overview of the activities of the Confraternity of the 40 hours’ devotion from Zadar on the basis of its matricula, which is preserved in the Archives of Zadar Archdiocese. Authors deliver analysis of the matricula and transcription of some core chapters. The analysis has revealed a strong Eucharistic devotion during the Holy Week in the city of Zadar in during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and that various members of ecclesiastical and laic social structures participated in these activities. Moreover, authors reveal names of brothers and members of the administrative board of the Confraternity, as well some difficulties to which they came across during the investigated period