An archbishop from Persia granted indulgence in Celje to pilgrims from Šmarna gora
The document of Archbishop Johannes of Soldania, written in Celje in the year 1411
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Celje, deed, Archbishop Johannes of Soldania, 1411, pilgrims, indulgencesAbstract
On 14 May 1411, in the first year of the pontificate of Pope John XXII, the Dominican missionary and Persian Archbishop Johannes of Soldania drew up a deed in which he stated his desire that pilgrims would regularly visit the church of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Mt. Šmarna gora, for which he also granted them an indulgence. This document presents three interesting questions: why is the year 1411 the first year of the pontificate of John XXII; why is the document written in Celje; and why is the indulgence granted by a Persian archbishop? This article attempts to answer these questions in a way that will place this document in its wider historical and geographical as well as political context.
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