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y the Pope's Nuntio Annibal de Capua" I, together with all these catholics 15000 strong arebringing eternal gratitude to Your Holiness. We would havehere some Jesuit fathers to introduce these new Christians intothe holy life, priests who should know German and Hungarianand who should also have knowledge of Greek and Latin,which can be useful for the Apostolic Holy See. I shouldprovide all necessities for these fathers, and my reigning prince,my lord would give them as residence a town named Cotnari,inhabited by Saxons and Hungarians, a town with threebeautiful and very old catholic churches which are very wellkept, in which we invested 400 or 500 ducats. Beside thecathedral - which should be theirs' - they should found aseminar in order to educate the children of the catholics."Original version in Italian: Moldvai Magyar Csango OkmanytarMCSMO (Hungarian Csango Documents from Moldavia), I page 77-7820. Iasi, 14th of January 1587Bartolomeo Brutti's letter to Annibal de Capua"These Franciscans are very few and they speak neitherGerman, nor Hungarian, so they can't take spiritual care ofthese catholics, 15000 in number. Indeed, the holy liturgies andmasses are not missing, but your Illustrious Holiness, togetherwith the Most Illustrious and Most Reverend archbishop ofLiopoli, You could help these catholics and you should sustainthese Holy Churches if you would send us - as you promised ina letter - six Bernardinian fathers (who are Franciscans comingfrom the Polish province), who should live comfortably inBacau and the reigning prince should grant them a Hungariancatholic village, called Trebes, which lies half a mile fromBacau, having 50 chimneys, two vineyards, and two mills.Four fathers could go to Cotnari. In that town everybody isHungarian and German. The church is big and beautiful, ornatedand its incomes are assured by the mills. The fathers shouldpromote the divine spirit, combating the heretics fromTransylvania.