Krbava (; ) is a historical region located in Mountainous Croatia and a former Catholic bishopric (1185–1460), precursor of the diocese of Modruš an present Latin

titular see A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbi ...

. It can be considered either located east of

Lika Lika () is a traditional region of Croatia proper, roughly bound by the Velebit mountain from the southwest and the Plješevica mountain from the northeast. On the north-west end Lika is bounded by Ogulin-Plaški basin, and on the south-east b ...

, or indeed as the eastern part of Lika. The town of

Udbina Udbina is a village and a municipality in historical Krbava, in the Lika region of Croatia. It is administratively a part of the Lika-Senj County. Geography Udbina is located in the large karst field called Krbava. It is approximately 45 kilomet ...

is the central settlement of the Krbava

karst field Karst is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone, dolomite, and gypsum. It is characterized by underground drainage systems with sinkholes and caves. It has also been documented for more weathering-resistant r ...

, the Krbavsko Polje.

History

Overview

Krbava was one of twelve medieval regions of that later comprised the later

Lika-Krbava County Lika-Krbava County ( hr, Ličko-krbavska županija; sr, Личко-крбавска жупанија; hu, Lika-Korbava vármegye) was a historic administrative subdivision of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. Croatia-Slavonia was an autonom ...

. Numerous historical sources, mainly in Latin, referred to toponyms within Krbava, most of which have been correlated with modern-day toponymy. The most important historical event in Krbava was the

Battle of Krbava Field The Battle of Krbava Field ( hr, Bitka na Krbavskom polju, Krbavska bitka; hu, Korbávmezei csata; tr, Krbava Muharebesi) was fought between the Ottoman Empire of Bayezid II and an army of the Kingdom of Croatia, at the time in personal unio ...

in 1493. During

Croatia in the union with Hungary The Kingdom of Croatia ( la, Regnum Croatiae; hr, Kraljevina Hrvatska, ''Hrvatsko kraljevstvo'', ''Hrvatska zemlja'') entered a personal union with the Kingdom of Hungary in 1102, after a period of rule of kings from the Trpimirović and Svetosl ...

, nobility were given the title "of Krbava" (''de Corbauia'').

Ecclesiastical history

* Its capital

became the seat of a Catholic bishopric of Corbavia (Latin = Curiate Italian) / Corbavien(sis) (Latin adjective) when the council of Split (Spalato) in 1185 detached a new

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see from the Archdiocese of Spalato (which became its Metropolitan). It comprised the county of Corbavia, part of the county of Lika and the territories of Modruš, Novigrad and Vinodol (

Novi Vinodolski Novi Vinodolski (, often also called Novi or ''Novi del Vinodol'' o ''Novi in Valdivino'' in Italian) is a town on the Adriatic Sea coast in Croatia, located south of Crikvenica, Selce and Bribir and north of Senj. The population of Novi is 3,98 ...

, Italian Novi in Valdivino), south-east of Fiume.

Pope Urban III Pope Urban III ( la, Urbanus III; died 20 October 1187), born Uberto Crivelli, reigned from 25 November 1185 to his death in 1187. Early career Crivelli was born in Cuggiono, Italy as the son of Guala Crivelli and had four brothers: Pietro, ...

approved the erection and the nomination as first bishop of Matteo with the synodal acts. * During the 1460s, due to the Ottoman (Turkish) advance in

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, the diocese of Corbavia was formally suppressed by Pope

Pius II Pope Pius II ( la, Pius PP. II, it, Pio II), born Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini ( la, Aeneas Silvius Bartholomeus, links=no; 18 October 1405 – 14 August 1464), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 August ...

, but its territory immediately reassigned to establish as successor see the Diocese of Modruš (Croatian = Curiate Italian) / Modrussa / Modrussen(sis) (Latin), named after its new see, near

Fiume Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Prim ...

(Rijeka), at the rock fortress of the Frankopan counts (now in the ''comune''

Josipdol Josipdol is a village and municipality in Karlovac County, Croatia. It is part of Lika region. Geography Josipdol is situated in the Ogulin-Plaški valley which together with Lika and Gorski Kotar forms Mountainous Croatia. The town is loca ...

). Again it was a

of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Spalato (Split). Ruševine katedrale, Udbina

;''Suffragan Bishops of Corbavia (Krbava), at Udbina'' : all

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; possibly incomplete * Matteo (1185 - death 1220) * Martino (mentioned circa 1224) * Saraceno (in 1240) * Pietro (1300? – ?) * Bonifacio, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1332.06.03 – ?) * Radoslav, O.F.M. (1341? – ?) * Lupo (1349.02.07 – ?) * Mauro (1351.03.23 – ?) * Pietro Colda,

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(O.P.) (1361.02.15 – death 1375?) * Tommaso Nicolai (1375.11.14 – ?) * Miklós (1386? – 1401.04.20), next Bishop of

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(

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) (1401.04.20 – 1405) * Stefano da Fermo,

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(O.E.S.A.) (1401.08.27 – 1406.02.01), next Bishop of Karpathus (Italian Scarpanto; insular Greece) (1406.02.01 – ?) * Stefano Doimo de Blasi (1406.02.01 – 1408.10.15), next Bishop of Karpathus (insular Greece) (1408.10.15 – ?) * Gimignano Useppi da San Gimignano (1408.10.15 – death ?) * Petar Zoch (1418.10.07 – ?) * Vito Ostoir Marinich (1431.06.22 – death ?) * Francesco, O.F.M. (1456.10.29 – ?)

Titular see

The diocese was nominally restored in 2000 as Latin

Titular bishopric A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbish ...

of Krbava (Croatian) / Corbavia (Latin = Curiate Italian) / Corbavien(sis) (Latin adjective). It has had the following incumbents, so far ''not of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) but of archiepiscopal (intermediary) rank:'' * ''Titular Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič (2001.07.28 – ...) as papal diplomat :

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(ambassador) to Belarus (2001.07.28 – 2004.04.22), Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine (2004.04.22 – 2011.02.19), Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation (2011.02.19 – 2016.02.13), Apostolic Nuncio to Uzbekistan (2011.07.22 – 2016.02.13), Permanent Observer to Office of the United Nations and Specialized Institutions in Geneva (UNOG) (2016.02.13 – ...), Permanent Observer to World Trade Organization (WTO) (2016.02.13 – ...), Representative to International Organization for Migration (IOM) (2016.02.13 – ...).''

References

Bibliography

; Ecclesiastical history * Pius Bonifacius Gams, ''Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae'', Leipzig 1931, pp. 388–389, 399 * ''Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques'', vol. XIII, 1956, coll. 805-806 * K. Draganovic, ''Croazia sacra'', Rome 1943, pp. 197–198 * ''Stato della diocesi a fine Ottocento'' in ''Acta Sanctae Sedis'', 9 (1876), pp. 292–293 * Konrad Eubel, ''Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi'', vol. 1, p. 208; vol. 2, p. 136; vol. 3, p. 247; vol. 4, p. 309 * Pius Bonifacius Gams, ''Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae'', Leipzig 1931, pp. 388–389, 399 * ''Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques'', vol. XIII, 1956, coll. 805-806 * K. Draganovic, ''Croazia sacra'', Rome 1943, pp. 197–198 * ''Stato della diocesi a fine Ottocento'' in ''Acta Sanctae Sedis'', 9 (1876), pp. 292–293 * Konrad Eubel, ''Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi'', vol. 1, p. 208; vol. 2, p. 136; vol. 3, p. 247; vol. 4, p. 309

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