What unites Croatia and the Custody of the Holy Land is a very close bond, which was born with the story of St. Nicholas Tavelić - of Croatian origin, precisely - and his three companions, the first Franciscan martyrs of the Custody of the Holy Land. In 1391 they lived in Jerusalem in the convent - destroyed 150 years later - built on Mount Zion around the Cenacle, and public evangelization - then forbidden - led the group to martyrdom. […]
