ours.Me, Koszin Balazs, former judge <strong>of</strong> the town.Me, Bodor Gergely, former judge <strong>of</strong> the town.Me, Zorat Gyorgy, former judge <strong>of</strong> the town.Me, Kadar Gyorgy, former judge <strong>of</strong> the town.Me, Vincelerd Marton, former judge <strong>of</strong> the town, now chiefsteward<strong>of</strong> His Highness, the Prince.P.S.: We humbly ask the Holy Congregation not to listen tothe people, who under pretenses and with the principial sealsare writing to you, making the Holy Congregation sad, walkingwith two faces; we are sincere in all our acts and writings. Wereinforce our request with the seal <strong>of</strong> our town." (L/P/)Original version in <strong>Hungarian</strong>: APF. SOCG. vol. 269, Fol. 485-486.Published in MCSMO , II. Page 496-499.63. Roman, the 8th <strong>of</strong> April, 1653<strong>The</strong> Catholic Inhabitants' Letterto the Propaganda Fide" that's why all <strong>of</strong> us, not only <strong>Hungarian</strong>s, but Saxonsfrom Roman, Suceava and Baia, we address this letter to YourHoliness, reinforced by our seal, complaining and asking you toease our sufferance, to take care <strong>of</strong> our troubles and calm downour revolt and do not send Polish bishops any more. Leavethem in their pomp in their homes, leave us in peace: both laicand priests, and our monks as well we learn our faith, listeningto the word <strong>of</strong> God. Our priests are used to our simple life,sharing its difficulties as we do, with hunched shoulders."Original version in Latin :G. Calinescu in "Alte notizie", page 438-440New edition in MCSMO II, 505-508.64. Trotus, the 10th <strong>of</strong> April, 1654<strong>The</strong> Franciscan Missionary from Perugia,Bernardino Valentini's Letter
to the Bishop Pietro Vidoni Lodi,the Pope's Nuntio from Poland"In the year <strong>of</strong> 1649, I've been appointed the HolyCongregation <strong>of</strong> the Propaganda Fide as apostolic missionary inthe two Rumanian countries and I've been left by my prefectfather here, in Moldavia, where I found out that there were overtwenty priests, who tried to serve with belief. Now there areonly five <strong>of</strong> them, poor and naked. In Moldavia are 32 churches,all <strong>of</strong> them need to have its own priest because <strong>of</strong> the largenumber <strong>of</strong> catholics and the big distances between them, butthey are so poor and lacking in everything, that they don't evenhave the necessary vessels for communion, etc"Original version in Italian published byG. Calinescu in "Diplomatarium Italicum",II. page 445-446New edition in MCSMO, II. page 508-51065. Rome, 1654-1657Resume <strong>of</strong> the Report made by Bernardino Valentinifrom Perugia to the Propaganda Fide ,about his Travel in Moldaviaand the Rumanian CountryIn the year <strong>of</strong> 1650, on the 17th <strong>of</strong> January, the FranciscanBernardino Valentini "went to Bacau, the residence <strong>of</strong> theCatholic bishop here he rested for six weeks, at his ownexpenses, to learn the native language, necessary for themissionaries to hear confessions, preaching and other spiritualhelp. Butetc. their number went up to 8000 after words, etc inthat province.He found two Italian monastic missionaries in the mission,three Bulgarian observant fathers, two Jesuits and two<strong>Hungarian</strong>s.In the year 1654, when the Tatars, Kazachs and <strong>Hungarian</strong>sinvaded the region again, the master Vasile, who was a Greekschismatic, was persecuted and in his place was put anotherman, Gheorghe, a Moldavian Schismatic. During this invasionthe named missionary was obliged to leave the town, to wander
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THE TSANGOS OF ROMANIATHE HUNGARIAN
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THE HISTORY OF THE CSÁNGÓSIn orde
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heathen Cumanians, had an important
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Pátria. Unfortunately only a few c
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ORIGINAL EDITION IN RUMANIAN:HORVÁ
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XVIIth centuries they couldn't come
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churches from that of the Rumanian
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