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Roman-era graves with accompanying burial items. The method of burial suggests early Slovenian customs. Romanesque elements were found in the walls of the nave as well, A Romanesque window from the 12th or early 13th century was uncovered in the south wall. In the middle of this wall was also found an entrance with a wooden beam which was scorched by a fire in 1693.
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in the sanctuary. On the south side of the nave, even older wall foundations were uncovered, which might suggest a pre-Romanesque phase of construction. In another area of the nave, a fragment of a ceramic jug typical of the Roman era was found. In the sanctuary the excavators also found 25 preserved
261:. In the belfry there is also a steel bell, which was cast in a foundry in Jesenice and blessed on February 22, 1922. Its pitch is C and it weighs 242 kg. As of October 1, 2000, it is flanked by two bronze bells (weighing 198 kg and 136 kg), which were cast by the bell specialists in 237:
On the back cover of the same manuscript there is another written record, which contains the names of the members of the Brotherhood of the Mother of God in 1467. Among them are the names of priests (Nikolaj of Naklo) and a number of surnames which are still found among inhabitants of Rateče today
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sanctuary, which replaced the Romanesque sanctuary in the mid-15th century. Adjacent to it is a Romanesque bell tower, which some have dated to 1360; in any case, it clearly was built in the 14th century. It houses a bell from the year 1521, on which is written in Gothic minuscule:
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is a transcript of three manuscripts from the year 1390 (dated May 30, November 12, and December 8) addressing a change in the parish to which the church in Rateče belonged. The church, which until that time had been an affiliate church of the parish of Maria Gail
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claims that the document was created around the year 1370. His determination is that it was written around that time; the words it contains, however, point to roots dating back to the 8th century. The document was bound into a mass book, used by the
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Between 1972 and 1976 archeological digs were carried out under the church's foundation. Upon uncovering the late medieval stone floor, the archeologists discovered the foundation of a semicircular
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in Carinthia, where it is kept in the archives of the Carinthian Historical Society. On the basis of linguistic analysis and information taken from Bishop Lamberg's
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Valley, confirmed by written documents and excavations as well as the church's original furnishings.
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An even older but, unfortunately, undated document, is the so-called
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13th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Slovenia
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The oldest written document mentioning Rateče is the
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