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Date(s)
- [1727]-[1989] (Creation)
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Fonds
Extent and medium
Total volume unknown.
1 item and 1 file (with 3 subfiles) selected for the Archival City project.
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Name of creator
Administrative history
[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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Scope and content
After the expulsion of the Christian religious community which settled there for the first time in 1427, the convent located in Ain Karem at Saint John the Baptist's birtplace was founded in 1679. Its oldest archives still held by the Custody of the Holy Land are dated from the beginning of the 18th century. The entire fonds consist of general correspondence and of documents related to canonical visits and regulations for instance,
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System of arrangement
The items in this fonds are arranged by topics or types of documents (sacred canonical visits; regulations; correspondence...).
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Language of material
- Arabic
- English
- Italian
- Spanish
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Finding aids
Andrea Maiarelli, "L'archivio storico della Custodia di Terra Santa", Milano, Edizioni Terra Santa, coll. "Biblioteca bio-bibliografica della Terra Santa e dell’oriente francescano", 2012, vol. 3, p. 787-802.
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Note
The church of Saint John the Baptist in the Mountain is now commonly called "Saint John the Baptist".
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Rules and/or conventions used
ISAD(G), second edition, Ottawa 2000.
Available online : https://www.ica.org/en/isadg-general-international-standard-archival-description-second-edition
For dates : ISO 8601, 2nd edition, 2000.
Status
Draft
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Entry prepared and entered on 2022-01-22.
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Sources
Andrea Maiarelli, "L'archivio storico della Custodia di Terra Santa", Milano, Edizioni Terra Santa, coll. "Biblioteca bio-bibliografica della Terra Santa e dell’oriente francescano", 2012, vol. 3, p. 787-802.
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Entry prepared and entered by Archival City.