PAPIESKIE MISJE DYPLOMATYCZNE W ROSJI POD KONIEC XVIII I NA POCZĄTKU XIX WIEKU
The Pope’s diplomatic missions in Russia in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century
Author(s): Marek InglotSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History, History of Church(es), Diplomatic history, Theology and Religion
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II - Wydział Teologii
Keywords: Vatican diplomacy; Catholic Church in Russia; Partitions of Poland; History of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
Summary/Abstract: Russia proved to be a difficult terrain for the Vatican diplomacy, especially since, due to the partiotions of Poland, crowds of Catholics of both the Latin and Greek rite fell under the reign of the Orthodox ruler. As it was not possible to establish in the Russian Empire regular nunciature, the Holy See, in this period of particular importance, send their ambassadors to the court of Russian tsars. In the years 1783-1804 this function was held by: Giovanni Andrea Archetti (1783-1784), Lorenzo Litta (1797-1799) and Tommaso Arezzo (1803-1804), and each of them had a specific purpose of the mission. Generally, however, it has been about the canonical regulation of the church’s administrative structure, adapted to the political borders of the Russian Empire, and to give people freedom of religious practices and opportunities for contacts with the Holy See.
Journal: Kościół w Polsce. Dzieje i kultura
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: 15
- Page Range: 55-70
- Page Count: 16
- Language: Polish