Krbava

Krbava
Floor elevation	626 to 740 m (2,054 to 2,428 ft)[1]
Area	67 km2 (26 sq mi)
Geography
Country	Croatia
State/Province	Lika-Senj County
Coordinates	44°36′N 15°42′E / 44.6°N 15.7°E / 44.6; 15.7
Mountain range	Dinaric Alps

Krbava (pronounced

.

It can be considered either located east of

karst field

, the Krbavsko Polje.

History

Overview

Krbava was one of twelve medieval regions that later comprised the later Lika-Krbava County.^[3] Numerous historical sources, mainly in Latin, referred to toponyms within Krbava, most of which have been correlated with modern-day toponymy.^[4]

The most important historical event in Krbava was the Battle of Krbava Field in 1493.

During

, nobility were given the title "of Krbava" (de Corbauia).

Ecclesiastical history

• Its capital
  Archdiocese of Spalato (which became its Metropolitan). It comprised the county of Corbavia, part of the county of Lika and the territories of Modruš, Novigrad and Vinodol (Novi Vinodolski
  , Italian Novi in Valdivino), south-east of Rijeka (Italian: Fiume). Pope Urban III approved the erection and the nomination as first bishop of Matteo with the synodal acts.
• During the 1460s, due to the Ottoman (Turkish) advance in
  Archdiocese of Spalato
  (Split).

Suffragan Bishops of Corbavia (Krbava), at Udbina

all Roman Rite; possibly incomplete

• Matteo (1185 - death 1220)
• Martino (mentioned circa 1224)
• Saraceno (in 1240)
• Pietro (1300? – ?)
• Bonifacio,
  Friars Minor
  (O.F.M.) (1332.06.03 – ?)
• Radoslav, O.F.M. (1341? – ?)
• Lupo (1349.02.07 – ?)
• Mauro (1351.03.23 – ?)
• Pietro Colda, Dominican Order (O.P.) (1361.02.15 – death 1375?)
• Tommaso Nicolai (1375.11.14 – ?)
• Miklós (1386? – 1401.04.20), next Bishop of Vác (Hungary) (1401.04.20 – 1405)
• Stefano da Fermo, Augustinians (O.E.S.A.) (1401.08.27 – 1406.02.01), next Bishop of Karpathus (Italian Scarpanto; insular Greece) (1406.02.01 – ?)
• Stefano Doimo de Blasi (1406.02.01 – 1408.10.15), next Bishop of Karpathus (insular Greece) (1408.10.15 – ?)
• Gimignano Useppi da San Gimignano (1408.10.15 – death ?)
• Petar Zoch (1418.10.07 – ?)
• Vito Ostoir Marinich (1431.06.22 – death ?)
• Francesco, O.F.M. (1456.10.29 – ?)

Titular see

The diocese was nominally restored in 2000 as Latin

of Krbava (Croatian) / Corbavia (Latin = Curiate Italian) / Corbavien(sis) (Latin adjective).

It has had the following incumbents, so far not of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) but of archiepiscopal (intermediary) rank:

• Titular Archbishop
  Permanent Observer
  to Office of the United Nations and Specialized Institutions in Geneva (UNOG) (2016.02.13 – ...), Permanent Observer to World Trade Organization (WTO) (2016.02.13 – ...), Representative to International Organization for Migration (IOM) (2016.02.13 – ...).

See also

• Geography of Croatia
• List of Catholic dioceses in Croatia

References

Bibliography

Ecclesiastical history

• Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, pp. 388–389, 399
• Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. XIII, 1956, coll. 805-806
• K. Draganovic, Croazia sacra, Rome 1943, pp. 197–198
• Stato della diocesi a fine Ottocento in Acta Sanctae Sedis, 9 (1876), pp. 292–293
• Konrad Eubel, Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi, vol. 1, p. 208; vol. 2, p. 136; vol. 3, p. 247; vol. 4, p. 309
• Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, pp. 388–389, 399
• Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. XIII, 1956, coll. 805-806
• K. Draganovic, Croazia sacra, Rome 1943, pp. 197–198
• Stato della diocesi a fine Ottocento in Acta Sanctae Sedis, 9 (1876), pp. 292–293
• Konrad Eubel, Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi, vol. 1, p. 208; vol. 2, p. 136; vol. 3, p. 247; vol. 4, p. 309

External links

• ISSN 0350-7165
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• GCatholic - former & titular see