The Tsangos of Romania - Corvinus Library - Hungarian History

34 believers.Lucacesti: The church from Lucacesti is built of wood,partly uncovered, and one part of it has fallen down. It is in thehonor of St. Nicholas. It is 11 feet long, 5 feet wide, etc.Catholic houses number 12, 54 souls, 29 practicing.Solont. This church is of wood, covered with hay, in thehonor of the Happy Virgin Asleep. It is 7 feet long, 5 wide andhas a single altar with St. Varvara and St. Dorothea in one sideand St. Stephan at the other, the King of the Hungarians, an"ecce homo", the Blessed Virgin and St. John. It has a middlesize bell, and two little bells.Catholic houses number 21, 122 souls, 77 active .On the day of the 12th of April, the visit has finished. Thereare 27 places and towns where catholics are living, with 24churches. 16 priests are there, 4 missionaries and each churchhas an lay brother, who, where's no priest, announces theoccasion of the feasts, reads the evangelium for Holy days andfasts. Catholic houses are nearly 1050, souls number 5000."Original text in Italian: G. Calinescu, in "Diplomatarium Italicum" II,343-352.53. Iasi. 12th of August, 1643Letter of missionary Pietro Paolo Garavinito Francesco Ingoli"D. Cotonarchi arrived from Iasi, the secretary of thePrince, with whom he had a talk during his stay in Suceava,after that he left against his will, because I needed him for theway he preached to the Hungarians. For example, if it happensthat Your Reverence finds a good, Hungarian priest in Rome,please nominate him as a missionary of the SacredCongregation, offer him the regular stipend to be able to live inthese parts and to stay around me and listen to me, serving inour church; prepare him to be able to come for Christmas tolisten to the confessions of these people and to give them theHoly Sacraments, because I don't know the language, onlyGreek, Valachian and Latin. At the present my helper is doinginterpretation and translation, he knows Latin and Hungarian, soI can satisfy the Hungarians.