Kodreti () is a small
village
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east of
Štanjel in the
Municipality of Komen
The Municipality of Komen (; sl, Občina Komen) is a municipality in the Littoral region of Slovenia, near the Italian border. The seat of the municipality is the town of Komen. The municipality was established on 6 November 1994, when the forme ...
in the
Littoral
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region of
Slovenia
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next to the border with Italy.
The
parish church
A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activities, ...
in the settlement serves all the surrounding villages of
Koboli,
Večkoti,
Čehovini,
Dolanci, and
Trebižani, and is known as the Parish of Branica. It is dedicated to
Saint Catherine and belongs to the
Diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
of
Koper. Originally the church stood on Lukovnik Hill above the village. It was dedicated in 1518. It was abandoned and demolished after the religious reforms of
Joseph II
Joseph II (German: Josef Benedikt Anton Michael Adam; English: ''Joseph Benedict Anthony Michael Adam''; 13 March 1741 – 20 February 1790) was Holy Roman Emperor from August 1765 and sole ruler of the Habsburg lands from November 29, 1780 un ...
were put into effect. A second church was built in Dolanci in 1805, but was also later abandoned; according to local tradition, a fight that led to
bloodshed inside the church had
desecrated
Desecration is the act of depriving something of its sacred character, or the disrespectful, contemptuous, or destructive treatment of that which is held to be sacred or holy by a group or individual.
Detail
Many consider acts of desecration to ...
the site. The current church was built in 1879 and extended in 1896, when the
belfry was added.
References
External links
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Kodreti on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Komen
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