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Buzau: there are many catholics, like in the neighboringvillages.Ramnic, where there are many catholic families as well, nochurches or priests.At Focsani many catholics of different nationalities.In Slimmic, there are over 30 families ..Besides these there are many catholics, spread over severalvillages, where for 6-7 years catholic priests have not beengoing at all, and they are lost spiritually. It happened to FatherDel Monte to baptize children who reached the proper age, andhaving no priest, because of their longing, that they bring theirchildren to the schismatics for baptism and thereafter fall easilyinto the schism."Original version in Italian published by I. Ardeleanu in"Istoria diecesei Romano-greco-catolice aOradiei Mari" Gherla, 188389. Liov, 23rd of October, 1692Letter of Franciscan Monastic Missionary FranciscoAntonio Renzifrom Stipide to the Propaganda Fide"While coming from Estelnek, on my way to Poland Ivisited the abandoned church from Neamt which had beenoccupied by the Poles, as I heard, thanks God - the inhabitantshave left the old town and they've built a new town under thefortress. P. Pietro Grassi from Baia, a diocesan priest, thechaplain of that place. I went to Baia. The town is completelyabandoned, and the churches, both catholic and schismatic areburned down ()In Suceava, the Tatars had burned the churches and all thecatholics from Baia and Suceava fled into the mountains, to livein CimpulungIn Bacau lives the Archbishop. In Iasi, the prefect is in myplace, in Galati, P. Somanzi, in Trotus P. Silvestri, in Faraoani,P. Bevilaqua. Cotnari is abandoned, but the churches are notdestroyed, Husi, Barlad, Falciu, Ciubarciuc are without priest."Text in: A APF SC Moldavia II Fol. 345-346Original version in Italian in MCSMO II, page 716-718