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26-590: Many ancient towns and decayed castles ( Belaj , Posert , Paz , Gologorica , Gradinje ) can be found in its territory. Almost every town or castle in Cerovlje is on top of a hill, from where they could see enemies from a farther distance. During the Middle Ages (under the reign of the Holy Roman Empire ), the people of Cerovlje also built many churches. According to the 2021 census, its population

52-693: A novitiate was established for native subjects; and in Hong Kong , a school for European children, along with various benevolent institutions. In the Philippines, schools, hospitals, pastoral centers including and a leper hospital, and a formation house for candidates wishing to belong to the Congregation. They settled in England in 1847 at the invitation of Nicholas Wiseman . In 1907, they had fifty-six houses in various towns; their work in England

78-467: A sabot-maker, and this gave them the name of " Les Soeurs Sabotiers ", by which they were originally known. There were no lay-sisters. Every sister must be prepared to undertake any kind of work. The postulancy lasts from six to nine months, the novitiate two years, after which the sisters take vows annually for five years, and then perpetual vows. The congregation was dispersed under the Commune at

104-477: Is on a small hill, 210 metres (690 ft) above sea level along the local road. The castle was mentioned in 1367 as Bray in a document by Aquileia patriarch in which was given away for one year to his vassal Dujam of St. Vitus from Rijeka . After the Uskok War (1615–17) in which was devastated castel St. Martin at Posert , the previous center of the estate, Daniel Barbo von Waxenstein built this castle in

130-613: The French Revolution , but it was restored by Napoleon I . He gave the sisters a monastery at Chartres, which originally belonged to the Jacobins, from which they became known as " Les Soeurs de St. Jacques ". After its revival the congregation numbered 1200 sisters and over 100 houses in England, Guadeloupe , Martinique , French Guiana , Korea , China , Japan , Further India , the Philippines , etc. In China,

156-587: The First Hermit was founded in 1215 in Hungary. The founder was Eusebius of Esztergom , who united the hermits of Hungary in monasteries under the patronage of Paul the Hermit. The order spread throughout Hungary and then into Croatia, Germany, Poland, Austria and Bohemia. At one time, over 5000 Pauline monks lived in Hungary alone. A significant event in the order's history took place in 1382 when it became

182-467: The School." In 1696, the congregation was founded by Louis Chauvet, parish priest of Levesville-la-Chenard, a village in the region of Beauce, some 60 miles southeast of Paris. Marie Anne de Tilly, a member of the first community of three Sisters, prepared her companions for their mission: to instruct the daughters of farm laborers, to teach poor village girls, to visit the poor and the sick and to serve in

208-609: The castle in the Baroque style to rustic castle in the end of 17th and 18th century. It was in their property until 1945 when the Yugoslav government nationalized it and given to the use of local agricultural cooperative. Today the castle is a registered monument of cultural heritage, privately owned, partially renovated and very well preserved. The central residential part of the palace is of rectangular layout, 40 by 20 metres (131 by 66 ft), with four-storey wings. On three sides of

234-405: The cities, obliged to maintain at least twelve members, who visited the poor, the sick, and prisoners, attended those condemned to death, and buried the dead; and those outside the city, which were separate cells in which solitaries lived. The community assembled weekly for choir and monthly to confess their sins. Severe fasts and disciplines were prescribed. The name Brothers of Death originated from

260-461: The closure of the Paulists monastery in 1783. According to the 2021 census, its population was 12. It was 16 in 2011. Note : In 1857 and 1869 contains data for former village Posert. In 1948 was named as Belaj-Posert. Paulists Paulists , or Paulines , is the name used for Roman Catholic orders and congregations under the patronage of Paul of Thebes the First Hermit. From

286-458: The custodian of the miraculous picture of The Black Madonna , believed to be painted by Luke the Evangelist . Legend says the icon was brought to Poland by Prince Ladislaus from a castle at Beiz, Russia. He invited the monks to come from Hungary into Poland. The monks established a shrine for the image in the town of Częstochowa . Today this shrine is the motherhouse of the order, and is also

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312-426: The fact that the thought of death was constantly before the followers. At their profession the prayers for the dead were recited; their scapular bore the skull; their salutation was Memento mori 'remember you're to die'; the death's head was set before them at table and in their cells. This congregation was suppressed by Urban VIII in 1633. Among the conflicting accounts of the foundation of this congregation,

338-645: The first floor until recently were painted landscapes depicting the castle and its surroundings. Left and right of the residential palace in the same line are located farm buildings with basements, stables and barns, which are connected with the castle high surrounding walls. These are long and narrow single-storey buildings with gabled roof. On the ground floor is the chapel of St. Henry II , with baroque marble altar and painted altarpiece, tombstones of family Barbo and tombstones of noble families from Kršan, Kožljak and Paz transmitted in Belaj from St. Mary on Čepić lake after

364-734: The hospitals in small communities of two or three sisters. As early as 1708, Chauvet entrusted the growing community of the School Sisters to Paul Godet des Marais , Bishop of Chartres . Godet provided a house in the St. Maurice suburbs, an ecclesiastical superior in the person of Marechaux, and a name, that of the Apostle Paul who was to be their patron and model. From the time of its birth, one foundation followed another in rapid succession. One of their houses in Chartres formerly belonged to

390-647: The hospitals, military and civil, in the French colonies, three convents at Blois and a hospice at Brie . They opened five or six hospitals in the French colonies, six hospitals and 39 schools in the Philippines , and three educational houses and Saint Louis Hospital in Thailand . Guided by the motto of the congregation, Caritas Christi Urget Nos (The Charity of Christ Urges Us), at present, some 4000 Sisters of Saint Paul of Chartres work in 34 countries. [REDACTED]  This article incorporates text from

416-467: The inner courtyard is closed by semicircular arcades on the ground floor and first floor, while the north-west wing entrance closes with facade decorated with stone portal and shallow attic with a distaff and a bell from the 18th century when the wing was upgraded for one floor. The appearance of the castle before the intervention was preserved in the Valvasor drawing from 1679. The walls of the gallery on

442-735: The largest monastery, with over 100 monks. About 500 members of the order remain. Most of the order's monasteries are located in Poland. Other monasteries and shrines survive in Germany, Slovakia, Croatia, Ukraine, Belarus, Hungary, Italy, United States of America and South Africa. They are also called Brothers of Death. Controversy swirls around the origin of this congregation, but it was probably founded about 1620 by Guillaume Callier, whose constitutions for it were approved by Pope Paul V (18 December 1620) and later by King Louis XIII of France (May, 1621). The two classes of monasteries were those in

468-615: The most celebrated member was Antonius a Matre Dei, author of Apis Libani , a commentary on the Proverbs of Solomon. The Blind Sisters were founded in Paris in 1852, by Abel-François Villemain (d. 1870), Anne Bergunion (d. 1863), and Jugé. Its mission is to enable blind women to lead a religious life, and to facilitate the training of blind children in useful occupations. A home was established for blind women and girls with defective sight. The Sisters were formerly known as "Daughters of

494-458: The most credible is that it was established about 1420 by Mendo Gomez, a nobleman of Simbria, who resigned military laurels to retire in solitude near Setúbal , where he built an oratory and gave himself up to prayer and penance, gradually assuming the leadership of other nearby hermits. Later, a community of hermits of the Sierra de Ossa , left without a superior, prevailed on Mendo Gomez to unite

520-416: The municipality of Cerovlje . Castle Belaj is a registered Historical Heritage. Castle Belaj historically has numerous hectares of vineyard. In 2017 Belaj Castle opens to the public. In 2011, the population of the village is 16. In the vicinity of the village is another castle Posert . It is located in the north-eastern part of Istria, on a road connecting Paz and Šušnjevica , 3 kilometres (2 mi) to

546-402: The south east of Paz, and 4.7 kilometres (2.9 mi) north west of Šušnjevica, in the middle of a vineyard. It is 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) east from the municipality center Cerovlje. In 2017 Belaj Castle has functioning degustation room, authentic restaurant, delicatessen shop, wine production, wine cellar and first floor of the central building of the estate open for the guests. The castle

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572-732: The time that the abode and virtues of Paul of Thebes were revealed to Antony the Abbot , various communities of hermits adopted him as their patron saint . Other congregations, such as the Barnabites , and the Piarists , were established under the patronage of Paul the Apostle . The Order of Minims (or Paulaner Order) was founded by Francis of Paola . Congregations divided according to gender. Male and female congregations each had distinct characteristics. This monastic Order of Saint Paul

598-466: The two communities under the patronage of Paul of Thebes , the first recognized hermit. At the chapter held after the death of the founder (24 January 1481), constitutions were drawn up, later approved, with alterations, by Gregory XIII in 1578, at the request of Cardinal Henry of Portugal, who obtained the privilege of adopting the Rule of St. Augustine . This congregation was later suppressed. Probably

624-456: The vicinity as a new residence. It was in the possession of his descendants until 1668 when along Paz , Čepić , and Kožljak was sold to Johann Weikhard of the Auersperg noble family. All this castles and estates Johann united in a single manor Wachsenstein (Kožljak), and the center from the medieval castle Kožljak by which was named, was transferred to Belaj. Johann heirs reconstructed

650-477: Was 1,453 with 197 living in the village proper. The total population of Cerovlje-Cerreto was 1,667 in 2011. The census of 2011 had recorded the following settlements: Note : Emerged from old Pazin municipality. From 1857 until 1971 includes part of the data of Pazin. Belaj, Cerovlje Belaj ( Italian : Bellai ) is a small village and Baroque Castle in Istria County , Croatia , in

676-567: Was mainly educational, schools were attached to all their houses. Until 1902, they had over two hundred and fifty houses in France where, besides schools, they undertook asylums for the blind, the aged, and the insane, hospitals, dispensaries and crèches. More than one hundred and sixty of these schools were later closed because of the laicist policy of the Waldeck-Rousseau government and succeeding governments in France, as were thirty of

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