POPE URBAN VIII AND CROATS – TRACING INDULGENCE OF CONFRATERNITY OF SS GEORGE AND TRYPHON IN VENICE (1640)

Sa？etak In introductory part of the article authors briefly describe foundation of the Croatian confraternity of Ss George and Tryphon in Venice (1451). By the same token, authors pay special attention to the indulgences and privileges that were given to the Confraternity by prominent ecclesiastical and secular dignitaries (cardinal Bessarion, popes Sixtus IV and Alexander VI, and Venetian patrician Paolo Valaresso). In the core part of the article authors reveal various and numerous ties between pope Urban VIII and the Croatian Catholic Church. The final part of the article is dedicated to the analysis of the indulgence that Urban VIII gave to the Confraternity of Ss George and Tryphon in 1640. The appendix of the article consists of transcription of the indulgence and its translation into Croatian standard