The Tsangos of Romania - Corvinus Library - Hungarian History

serve both in Seculi and Moldavia. Like that it mightbe enough priests.In the Seculi land there are many, big catholic towns withoutpriests and if they should have enough of them, whoknow the Hungarian language, it could be possible toconvert some others, too.In another region called Ciuc (Ciuck), and another one,Goirgiu (Gyergyo) everybody is catholic and they haven't apriest.In fact there is a bishop of Transylvania, who has hisresidence near the eminent cardinal of Hungary, because hecannot stay in Transylvania for fear of the Calvinist Princes,who pursue every catholic bishop, being afraid of a popularrevolt from the catholics against them. That's why they don'twant them in the country."Original version in Italian: G. Calinescu in "Diplomatarium Italicum"II./1930, page 332-339.44. 1633Report if the Italian Monk Niccolo Barsifrom Lucca, about his Visit in MoldaviaIasi the catholics have a church maintained by Dominicanand Franciscan monks. In this town dwell Moldavians, Greeks,Armenians, Turkish, French, Hungarian, Polish, Russian,Italian and many other people.In this country there are many catholic churches. In the townCotnari there are three, in Suceava two, in Baia one, in PiatraNeamt one, in Bacau two. The catholic bishop has his residencehere, which is Dominican now and at Trotus there is anotherchurch. In all these towns schismatic Moldavians are living, aswell as Germans and Hungarians, all catholics, along theborderline of Transylvania. . There is also a Roman town. Fivemiles from here there are five villages (Tamaseni, Adjudeni,Sabaoani, Lecuseni and Solont), all Hungarian catholics andthere are two churches, where a Dominican monk is celebratingthe mass... Husi: I found a hundred Catholic houses and a Dominicanpriest, who was their spiritual father, and I also found a