Summary: First news on the Franciscans in the town of Krk

Autor u radu piše o prvim vijestima o postojanju i djelovanju franjevaca u gradu Krku. Na temelju neobjavljenih arhivskih vrela i literature iznose se podaci o počecima krčkog franjevačkog samostana. U posebnom se poglavlju raspravlja o tome je li sv. Franjo sastavio Pravilo za eremite u gradu Krku. Potom se piše o oporukama koje svjedoče o ranom postojanju samostana. Naime, prve vijesti o franjevcima u Krku nalazimo upravo sigurno posvjedočene u oporukama. Oporuka je bila jedan potpuno kršćanski odnos prema materijalnim dobrima. Oporuke sastavljaju brojni vjernici jer je to kršćanska dužnost pravilno se odnositi prema zemaljskim dobrima i da ona nakon smrti ne postanu izvor nereda, vjernik uređuje svoja dobra kako najbolje zna i vjeruje. Iz analiziranih izvora iščitava se da vjernici obilno daruju crkvu i samostan sv. Franje u gradu Krku.The author writes in the present paper about the first news on the existence and activity of the Franciscans in the town of Krk. Based on unpublished archival sources and relevant literature, the beginnings of the Franciscan monastery in Krk are clarified through a set of historical information. A special chapter has been dedicated to the question whether St Francis composed the Rule for the hermits in the town of Krk. After that, the paper deals with testaments showing an early existence of a monastery. Namely, exactly in testaments we find the first news about the Franciscans firmly documented. The testament was a completely Christian relationship to material goods. Many believers wrote testaments, considering it a Christian duty to have a proper relationship to earthly goods and not to let them become a source of disorder after the death. With that in mind, the believer arranges his goods as he sees fit and proper. It follows clearly from the analyzed sources that believers donated generously to the Church and Monastery of St Francis in the town of Krk