Bosnian Franciscans
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
. Their headquarters are currently in Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....
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The Province includes the monasteries:
- Franciscan monastery in Kraljeva Sutjeska
- Franciscan monastery in FojnicaFranciscan monastery in FojnicaFranciscan monastery of the Holy Spirit is a Bosnian Franciscan monastery in Fojnica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was founded in 1668 and it includes a library of ca...
- Guča Gora MonasteryGuča Gora MonasteryThe Guča Gora Monastery is a Roman Catholic Franciscan monastery in a small village Guča Gora east of Travnik in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the mid-19th century Bosnian Franciscans decided to build the monastery in the area of Travnik. On May 30, 1859, the General Minister of the Franciscan Order...
History
The first Franciscan vicariate in Bosnia was founded in 1339/40.The Franciscan order was allowed by Sultan
Sultan
Sultan is a title with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic language abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", and "dictatorship", derived from the masdar سلطة , meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it came to be used as the title of certain rulers who...
Mehmed II
Mehmed II
Mehmed II , was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and later from...
the Conqueror in the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
in 1463, after the conquest of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
. Friar Anđeo Zvizdović of the Monastery in Fojnica
Fojnica
Fojnica is a town and municipality in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, located west of the capital Sarajevo. It lies in the valley of the Fojnička River, tributary of the river Bosna...
received the oath on May 28 of 1463 at the camp of Milodraž.
Mehmed II's "ferman" (also Ahdnama or Ahd-Namah) on the Freedom of the Bosnian Franciscans stated:
This oath provided independence and tolerance to the ones who are from another religion, belief, and race.
The ferman has been recently raised and published by the Ministry of Culture of Turkey for the 700th anniversary of the foundation of the Ottoman State.
The original edict is still kept in the Franciscan Catholic Monastery in Fojnica
Fojnica
Fojnica is a town and municipality in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, located west of the capital Sarajevo. It lies in the valley of the Fojnička River, tributary of the river Bosna...
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It is one of the oldest documents on religious freedom. In 1971, the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
published a translation of the document in all the official U.N. languages.
See also
- Franciscan Province of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin MaryFranciscan Province of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin MaryThe Franciscan Province of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a province of the Franciscan order of the Catholic Church in Herzegovina...
, the other Franciscan province in Bosnia and Herzegovina