DOMUS CRUCIFERORUM DE TORDA – UN LOC DE ADEVERIRE TRANSILVAN MAI PUŢIN CUNOSCUT
DOMUS CRUCIFERORUM DE TORDA – A LESSER KNOWN TRANSYLVANIAN LOCUS CREDIBILIS

Summary/Abstract: This article scrutinizes the sole Transylvanian house of the Hospitaller Order. The Order’s activity in this region has been thoroughly investigated on the basis of the well-known 1247 charter. However, a small corpus of diplomatic sources reveals that the Order has founded a small preceptory at Turda, which functioned for a few decades as a locus credibilis. Obviously, the Turda locus credibilis was not as important or as large as the ones located at the convent of Cluj-Mănăştur or at the chapter of the Alba cathedral. However, the documents copied and authenticated by the Hospitaller preceptory at Turda provide an insightful view not only into this specific institution and into the connections between the different Transylvanian loci credibiles, but also into the Order’s patrimony. In addition, this study suggests a more refined chronology of the Hospitaller’s preceptory in Turda.

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