Chronotax of the Abbesses of the Benedictine nunnery of St Roch in Rijeka

Benediktinke su prva ženska redovnička zajednica koja se pojavljuje u povijesti Rijeke. Od sredine 17. stoljeća do Prvoga svjetskog rata nalazile su se u samostanu uz crkvu sv. Roka u samom središtu grada. Od 1914. do 1948. godine žive u novoizgrađenom samostanu na Podmurvicama, koji potom dobiva i crkvu sv. Josipa, u kojoj je danas sjedište istoimene župe. U egzodusu Talijana nakon Drugoga svjetskog rata uz većinu klera i redovništva grad Rijeku napustile su i benediktinke. Našle su utočište u samostanu sv. Daniela u gradu Albano Terme, u okolici Padove. Benediktinke su sa sobom ponijele i samostanski arhiv, što je prouzrokovalo nepoznavanje povijesti tog samostana, važnog i za povijest školstva u Rijeci. Na temelju arhivalija samostanskog arhiva autor donosi kratku povijest samostana i kronotaksu opatica riječkih benediktinki od uspostave zajednice 1663. godine do danas.The Benedictine nuns were the first female religious community in the history of Rijeka. From the middle of the seventeenth century until the First World War, they were housed in a monastery next to the church of St Roch, in the heart of the city. From that time until 1948, they were moved to the newly built monastery in Podmurvice, after which the church of St Joseph. During the Italian exodus, after World War II, Benedictine nuns, along with most other monks and clergy, left Rijeka. They found refuge in the monastery of St Daniel in Abano Terme, which was connected with the Benedictine abbey in Praglia. In this exodus, the Benedictine nuns took their archives, which caused a situation in which researchers were unable to investigate the history of this monastery, although it was very important for the history of education in Rijeka. Therefore, based on preserved documents from the monastery archives, the author of the article reconstructs the chronotax of the nuns of the Benedictine nuns from the period of the founding of the community (1663) to the present day. In addition, the author brings various news from the history of the monastery. The reconstructed chronotaxis suggests that several nuns, due to the length of their service, significantly marked the history of Rijeka\u27s Benedictine nuns. During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, most nuns were of noble origin, and most of them were from Rijeka or the surrounding area. However, some of them also come from Slovenia, Austria, and Italy