The Tsangos of Romania - Corvinus Library - Hungarian History

five churches, which were wealthy, that time. We saw only onewell built, it was finished in 1629.Baia. Saxons, having over 1000 houses and over 6000people inhabited this town, now there are only 40 houses and250 souls, with children.Iasi. In Hungarian it is called Iasvasar, in Rumanian Iasi, inLatin Iassium or Iassi, etc.The majority of the inhabitants are Rumanian, some areHungarian, Armenian, Greek, Bulgarian, Turkish, Albanian,Tatar, Polish, Russian, Saxon, Moscowian and Italian.The catholic population from this town is Hungarian, inolder times they were over 1000, now they are less than 300,with children some of them are living outside the town, in thevineyards. Many catholics have converted to schismaticdoctrines because of the scandals and the lack of preachers."Original text in Latin: V. A. Urechia, in "Analele Academiei Romane.Memoriile sectiunii istorie", II. , tom. XVI 1894, page 195 and 258.57. 1648P. Bogdan Baksis, Catholic Bishop in Bulgaria,Describing His Visit in the Rumanian Countryto the Catholic Communities."In the year 1648, on Sunday, the 15th of November, Ivisited the church from Targoviste. First the Pontifical Masswas celebrated and the next day another for the souls of the deadwith the forgiveness of sins, at the order of the Pope.The same Father Venanzio baptized a Hungarian child and heconverted two heretics together with their wives and he said,that the child was the one who came here recently fromTransylvania.Campulung: The church is big, etc According to theregister there are 229 catholic souls, Saxons from long ago, butnow they forgot their language, speaking only Rumanian.In my other reports I mentioned a catholic church, whichbelonged to this town and the monastery of the HungarianQueen St. Elisabeth, was situated near it. In that old report Idescribed the size and the beauty of that church, etcFour or five children are learning with that father, they help