Testimonies from testaments and records of the consecration--Croatian relations to the Venetian church San Lio

Aim of this article is to reveal some of not so known and not entirely investigated factors that contributed to the historical and cultural relations between Croatia and the Venetian Republic. Namely, author discusses role of the Venetian church of San Lio (San Leone) which is placed in the Venetian eastern parts called Castello, more precisely in the northern part of this quarter, nearby the famous church of Santa Maria Formosa. It is necessary to note that this quarter of Castello for centuries was the central point of social life for all the Croatian immigrants in Venice. In the first part of the article author, on the basis of various extant sources (testaments form Archivio di Stato di Venezia--series Notarile testamenti, cadastral records of the quarter Castello and parish San Lio from the eighteenth century--ASV, Dieci Savi sopra alle decime in Rialto. Cadastico di Venezia. Sestiere Castello), has tried to reconstruct numerous forms of connections between Croatian immigrants and the parish-church of San Lio. Moreover, author draws attention to relations of the immigrants with the local inhabitants, and activities of the Croatian clerics in this parish. The second part of the article methodologically differs from the first one, since there author analyzes presence of Luca Stella, the archbishop of Zadar, during his visit to Venice in 1619. Namely, this Venice born highly positioned cleric, during this staying in Venice, led liturgy and consecrated renovation of the San Lio church, as it has been engraved in the stone-plate memorial. KEY WORDS: Venice, Venetian Republic, migrations, church of San Lio in Venice, Luca Stella the archbishop of Zadar, ecclesiastical history, Late Middle Ages, Early Modern Age U prvome dijelu rada ukazuje se, tragom oporucnih spisa hrvatskih iseljenika u Mlecima (Archivio di Stato di Venezia, Notarile testamenti), kao i katastarskih popisa za mletacki predjel Castello i zupu S. Lio iz XVIII. stoljeca (ASV, Dieci Savi sopra alle decime in Rialto. Catastico di Venezia. Sestiere Castello), na oblike povezanosti hrvatskih useljenika s crkvom i zupom S. Lio u mletackom predjelu Castello, na odnose s tamosnjim stanovnicima, kao i na primjere djelovanja hrvatskih svecenika u toj zupi. Drugi dio rada metodoloski je drugacije koncipiran i obazire se na prisutnost zadarskoga nadbiskupa Luke Stelle u Mlecima 1619. godine, kada je taj najvisi zadarski crkveni dostojanstvenik, rodenjem Mlecanin, predvodio misno slavlje i posvetio obnov