Franciscan Province of St. Jerome

Franciscan Province of St. Jerome (Croatian: Franjevačka provincija Svetog Jeronima) is a province of the Franciscan Order of the Catholic Church which is based in Zadar and active in Istria and Dalmatia, Croatia.[1]

The province was founded in the Croatian lands in the Middle Ages, and its original seal dates from 1393.[2] Notable members have included Nikola Tavelić,[2] Sebastijan Slade.[3]

In 1925, they sent a friar to the United States to aid the Croatian immigrant community, and he was stationed at Millvale, Pennsylvania at the St. Nicholas Croatian Church; later another friar was sent to McKeesport, Pennsylvania. In 1951, they purchased a property in Washington, D.C., and Ivan Meštrović donated the St. Jerome the Priest monument for the occasion.[1]

They run 24 monasteries, including the Monastery of St. Francis Assisi in Zadar and Our Lady of Angels near Orebić.[4]

Conventuals

There is an eponymous but separate Province of the Order of Conventual Franciscans in the same territory.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The history of the Province of St. Jerome, Croatia". franciscanfriarstor.com. Province of the Immaculate Conception, Third Order Regular Franciscans. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Tko smo mi" [Who are we] (in Croatian). Franciscan Province of St. Jerome. 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  3. ↑ "Istaknuti Franjevci - Velikani provincije" [Distinguished Franciscans - Great men of the Province] (in Croatian). Franciscan Province of St. Jerome. 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  4. ↑ "Samostani" [Monasteries] (in Croatian). Franciscan Province of St. Jerome. 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  5. ↑ "Provincija sv. Jeronima franjevaca konventualaca" (in Croatian). Retrieved 2012-03-16.

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Coordinates: 44°07′00″N 15°13′18″E / 44.1167°N 15.2216°E