First story: Until 1632, when four village parishes were founded, the area of Labin parish was considerably larger than today. The villages are: Skitača, Sv. Lovreč, Sv. Martin and Sv. Nedjelja. Apart from the diminished area of jurisdiction, the Labin parish also had less income. Therefore, laments were directed towards the bishop and Venice mentioning pauperization of the parish of Labin (town close to Rabac , Istria ) by this change, quoting that the parish was “submitted to hunger and destruction”. Pastor Giovanni Battista Toscan Cargnel was one of the pastors moaning the sad destiny of the Labin parish for a very long time. It is interesting to mention his will: he left behind 3 houses, herds of cattle, 8 bags of ducats and other gold coins, 2 parcels of land
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