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- 1801-04-01-2001-10-30 (Creation)
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Global extent: 209 files; 139 selected and described items
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[From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custody_of_the_Holy_Land]
The Custody of the Holy Land (Latin: Custodia Terræ Sanctæ) is a custodian priory of the Franciscan order in Jerusalem, founded as Province of the Holy Land in 1217 by Saint Francis of Assisi, who also founded the Franciscan Order. Its mission is to guard "the grace of the Holy Places" of the Holy Land and the rest of the Middle East, "sanctified by the presence of Jesus" as well as pilgrims visiting them, on behalf of the Catholic Church. Between 2004 and 2016, the Custodial Curia was led by Custos Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa, with the approval of the Holy See. Since 2016, the chief custodian has been Francesco Patton. Its headquarters are located in the Monastery of Saint Saviour, a 16th-century Franciscan monastery near the New Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem.
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This fonds is part of the Archives of Religious Houses (or Archives of convents) held by the Historical Archive of the Custody of the Holy Land.
The Monastery of Saint Saviour is a Catholic Franciscan monastery located on 1 Saint Francis Street, east of the New Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem. The site was purchased from the Georgian Orthodox Church in 1560 with permission by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire, and the monastery was constructed in stages. The church building was erected in 1885, with renovation in 1985. The site includes a printing press, an organ workshop, a library and a Catholic school.
Besides from the Franciscan convent, Saint Saviour shelters also the “Parish of Saint Saviour” and a Casa Nova (a Franciscan house for pilgrims).
Convent of Terra Sancta College is a succursal of Saint Saviour’s Latin parish, and a cultural centre of the Custody of the Holy Land.
Structure of the fonds: global extent: 209 files; Apr. 1801 - 30 Oct. 2001
Series A, Regulations. Global extent: 3 files; 1884-[mid XXth century]
Series B, Correspondence. Global extent: 5 files; 1902 - 30 Oct. 2001
Series C, Assets and administration. Global extent: 15 files; Oct. 1885 - 1996
C-I, Inventories. Global extent: 4 files; 1906 - Sept. 1927
C-II, Receipts and accounting notes. Global extent: 1 file; 1986 - 1996
C-III, Daily expenses. Global extent: 9 files; Oct. 1885 - Sept. 1945
C-IV, Revenues and expenditure. Global extent: 1 file; Sept. 1977 - May 1996
Series D, Holy Masses. Global extent: 183 files; Apr. 1801 - 31 Dec. 1976
D-I, Hebdomadal offices. Global extent: 54 files; 31 July 1870 - 1st Jan. 1969
D-II, Masses “pro rege et pontifice”. Global extent: 13 files; Apr. 1801 - 21 July 1974
D-III, Masses dedicated to benefactors (“pro benefactoribus”). Global extent: 35 files; 12 May 1815 - 31 Dec. 1976
D-IV, Masses dedicated to the clergymen’s relatives (“ad intentionem religiosorum de familia”). Global extent: 18 files; 1st June 1822 - 31 Dec. 1976
D-V, Masses “pro eleemosyna”. Global extent: 22 files; 8 Feb. 1833 - 31 Dec. 1976
D-VI, Pious legates. Global extent: 7 files; 2 Jan. 1859 - 20 Apr. 1958
D-VII, Masses “pro defunctis fratribus, pro parentibus religiosorum et iuxta kalendarium”. Global extent: 28 files; 18 Jan. 1861 - 29 Aug. 1976
D-VIII, Offices celebrated by pilgrim priests. Global extent: 1 file; 18 Sept. 1903 - 24 July 1927
D-IX, Masses celebrated at the Austrian Hospice. Global extent: 1 file; 1st Oct. 1941 - 4 Aug. 1943
D-X, Masses dedicated to the Basilica [of the Annunciation in] Nazareth. Global extent: 1 file; 25 Apr. 1959 - 2 Jan. 1968
D-XI, Masses “ad mentem ministri generalis”. Global extent: 2 files; 16 May 1960 - 4 Dec. 1976
D-XII, Summaries of masses. Global extent: 1 file; Jan. 1909 - July 1927
Series E, Chronicles and memoirs. Global extent: 3 files; Jan. 1913 - 30 Dec. 1976
E-I, Various memoirs. Global extent: 1 file; Jan. 1913 - Dec. 1922
E-II, Registers of the pilgrim priests. Global extent: 2 files; 5 Jan. 1963 - 30 Dec. 1976
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L’Archivio storico della Custodia di Terra Santa, Inventario (1230 – 1970), a cura di Andrea Maiarelli, Tomo III, Fondazione Terra Santa - Milano Edizioni Terra Santa - Milano, 2012, p. 878-900.
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ISAD(G), Second Edition, Ottawa 2000.
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Inventory of a range of 139 items from the Saint Saviour’s Convent’s records (1815-1958), held by the Historical Archive of the Custody of the Holy Land (Jerusalem), made and translated by Maria Chiara Rioli, 2017-2018.