POPE URBAN VIII AND CROATS – TRACING INDULGENCE OF CONFRATERNITY OF SS GEORGE AND TRYPHON IN VENICE (1640)

U uvodnome dijelu rada ukratko se iznose opći podatci o hrvatskoj Bratovštini sv. Jurja i Tripuna u Mlecima, posebice s naglaskom na priznanja i indulgencije koje su joj tijekom 15. i 16. stoljeća podjeljivali crkveni i svjetovni uglednici. U nastavku rada predstavljaju se odnosi pape Urbana VIII. (1623. – 1644.) s Katoličkom crkvom u Hrvata, a potom se podrobno analizira indulgencija koju je rečeni papa podijelio hrvatskoj bratimskoj udruzi u Mlecima 1640. godine. Na kraju rada donosi se prijepis Urbanove indulgencije i njezin hrvatski prijevod.In introductory part of the article authors briefly describe foundation of the Croatian confraternity of Ss George and Tryphon in Venice (1451). By the same token, authors pay special attention to the indulgences and privileges that were given to the Confraternity by prominent ecclesiastical and secular dignitaries (cardinal Bessarion, popes Sixtus IV and Alexander VI, and Venetian patrician Paolo Valaresso). In the core part of the article authors reveal various and numerous ties between pope Urban VIII and the Croatian Catholic Church. The final part of the article is dedicated to the analysis of the indulgence that Urban VIII gave to the Confraternity of Ss George and Tryphon in 1640. The appendix of the article consists of transcription of the indulgence and its translation into Croatian standard