St. Lorenzo in Produbas

The chapel and Parish named St. Lorenzo in Produbas is located in a hamlet of St Lorenzo d'Albona in Istria County, Croatia.[1] The hamlet of St Lorenzo d'Albona (in Italian), Sv Lovreč Labinski (in Croatian) consists of two small settlements, Diminići (in Croatian) and Kobavići (in Croatian), which are located south of Albona (in Italian)or Labin (in Croatian). St Lorenzo in Prodibas was one of the 12 townships which divided the Agro Albonese (in Italian), Labinština (in Croatian) into 12 Parishes or Župa (in Croatian) or 12 Comuni (in Italian) or Municipality in 1632. Today this chapel is called St Lorenzo di Albona or Sv Lovreč Labinski.[2] The chapel was built in the 1608.[3] and became a Parish in 1632. In the front of the chapel there are two plaques or epigraph in Latin writing explaining the year it was built. The altar was crafted in Dubasnica a hamlet on the Island of Veglia/Krk located near Fiume/Rijeka in the bay of Kvarner/Quarnero, and near the neighboring island of Cres/Cherso. The altar was donated by a Priest Martin Viscović in 1663.[4]

San Lorenzo di Albona Parish
Sv Lovrec Labinski
Religion
AffiliationCatholic
Year consecrated1608
Statusparish
Location
MunicipalityRasa, Istria
CountryCroatia
Geographic coordinates44.991°N 14.1027°E / 44.991; 14.1027

References
  1. Alberi, Dario (June 2001). Istria storia, arte, cultura (in Italian) (Secod ed.). Trieste: LINT. p. 1767. ISBN 88-8190-158-7.
  2. Diminic, Lucijan (2004). Saint Lawrence of Labin and surroundings. Konzor, Zagreb: Matias Flacius. p. 33. ISBN 953-6875-17-9.
  3. Alberi, Dario (2001). Istria storia, arte, cultura (in Italian) (second ed.). Trieste: Lint. p. 1767. ISBN 88-8190-158-7.
  4. Alberi, Dario. Istria storia, arte, cultura. p. 1767.


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