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The Franciscan layman used it
The ring was found at a depth of about 1 m, where a layer of about 20 cm of black earth has survived. “This is the pristine surface that people walked on several hundred years ago, when the city of Kretinga was being built. Due to this surviving layer of the old town, extensive archaeological excavations are being carried out. If it had been raped during the era Soviet, we would not have been here, “opened J. Sadauskas.
The discovered ring is made of copper alloy, it is believed to be male, quite well preserved, it will be enough for archaeologists to clean it, and together with other finds it will go to the Kretinga Museum, where it is planned to install a special exhibition for the finds of Vilnius street.
The parish priest of the Catholic parish of Kretinga, the Franciscan Juozapas Marija Žukauskas, was pleasantly surprised by this find attributed to his brotherhood, but believes that the ring could have been worn by a lay Franciscan rather than a monk. “Only today do we see brothers with rings, and the early Franciscans strictly adhered to St. Francis’ poverty did not take the vow and did not wear rings,” Brother Joseph said.
In the words of the parish priest, the Franciscan laity have been The Franciscan era – 13th century – was at the hand of the Franciscan monks. Thus, it is very likely that, in the seventeenth century. When the brothers formed in Kretinga in the early 19th century, their followers also settled nearby.
The church is a catholic citadel
According to Julius Kanarskas, historian of the Kretinga Museum, founder of the city of Kretinga, the nobleman Jonas Karolis Chodkevičius, with the spread of the wave of Protestantism from Prussia, planned to turn Kretinga into an important Catholic fortress. 1602 In the cemetery of the village of Kretinga, in present-day J. Basanavičiaus street, he built the first wooden church covered with straw and chips. Next to him, a wooden monastery house was built for the first 10 invited monks of the Bernardo de Kaunas Monastery, whose head, or the first guard of the Franciscan Brotherhood of Kretinga, was Petras Listakovskis.
This church has been operating for over 15 years. JK Chodkevičius also buried his youngest son, Jonas Kazimieras, who had survived only a few hours. Later, his remains were transferred to the crypt of the new brick church.
On the other side of the new monastery, the Akmena foundations were laid in 1605 and the building was constructed in 1607-1610. After the construction of the monastery was completed, in 1610-1617. a church was built in 1619. Samogitian Bishop Stanislovas Kiška consecrated the Revelation of the Lord Revelation. To the Virgin Mary and to S. The title of Francis.
Spoon – as in saunas
Archaeologists have discovered the same period in the old town: the 17th-18th centuries. – Wood velvet and belt. “The shovel is heavy, massive, reminiscent of the current used in saunas. Apparently people drew water with it. We found a velvet somewhere else, at the intersection near the Tourist Information Center. The place is humid here, so it has survived well, it would have rotted elsewhere ”, reasoned J. Sadauskas.
The leather belt was not found in one piece but in individual fragments, the other parts were damaged. “It just came to our knowledge then. It is believed that it could be a horse harness. Restoring the belt will take a lot of work,” said the archaeologist.
Many home and building ceramics dating from the 17th and 20th centuries have been discovered in the research section of Vilnius Street. “When we clean all the combs, I have no doubt that several interesting things will come to light. So far, we have piled them up, then we will explore them, also in the museum,” said J.Sadauskas about the subsequent path of the finds.
The IHS monogram is also visible in church decorations. There are several ways to decode the IHS abbreviation: Savior of jesusr – “Jesus is the Savior of humanity”; In this sign you will conquer) – with this brand (cattle); In this safety (crusade) – in this (cross) salvation.
The IHS monogram, enveloped in the divine rays of the sun, has also been used by bookbinders in various European cities and by numerous printers in the Republic of the Two Nations.
