Relatione del regno di Servia dell’anno 1672

On July 9th I was in Prisctina, and after the episcopal function I preached to her and confirm my souls 17. The Church of S[anta] Veneranda has this place, made of stones and mortar, covered with slabs. There is the cemetery around far from habitato half an hour inc[irc]a. There are 3,000 Inc[irc]a houses in Prisctina and fifteen Catholic houses, eighty souls, small and large. This Church has the chalice with the paten, the only silver cup, it has three chasubles, two of silk, a crucifix, two candlesticks, a censer, all of brass, a very beautiful chalice. It is celebrated on weekdays in private homes with much fear of Turks. On holidays we also go to church with great circumspection. In all of Servia the Santiss [im]o Sacram [ent]o of the Altar is not guarded due to the obvious danger that exists there; but rather the Ogli Santi. He has some vineyard hoes, but with little salary, since being away from Pristina for a day means more expense in having them work, etc. just as for three years now it has been prevented by frost, now by hail, which makes the vineyards unfruitful, and this scarcity of income from the vineyards has been for these three years all of Servia. The Christians of Pristina pay their parish priest eighteen royals a year. There is no parish house, but the Priest resides in his own house. From Prisctina, part of the Trepcia mission, to Vucitargne it's a four hour walk, everything is flat. From Vucitargne, as I said, to Trepcia it is two hours.

Burimi: Jacov, Marko (1998). Le missioni cattoliche nei Balcani tra le due grand guerre Candia (1645–1669), Vienna e Morea (1683–1699). Romë: Biblioteca Apostolica Vatican. f. 283. Dokumenti origjinal: Arkivi Propaganda Fide, Romë, SC, Servia, vol. 1, f. 27r–32v.