Ribnica Archdeaconate administrative report for the period of 1633–1638

Abstract

The contribution contains a transcript and translation of the Ribnica Archdeaconate administrative report for the period of 1633–1638. The report was drawn up by the Archdeacon of Ribnica, Franz Maximilian Vaccano, for his superior, the Aquileian Patriarch Marco Gradenigo. The document offers a detailed description of the situation in the ecclesiastical and religious spheres across the parishes within the Archdeaconate of Ribnica. The latter was part of the Patriarchate of Aquileia and in the period concerned embraced the following thirteen parishes: Dobrepolje, Škocjan, Bloke, Lož, Cerknica, Kočevje, Kočevska Reka, Osilnica, Kostel, Mozelj, Koprivnik, Črmošnjice, and Ribnica.