2021 marks the bicentenary of the Congress of Laibach, when Emperor FranzI, Tsar Alexander I, King Ferdinand IV of Naples, and many representatives of other European countries of the time met in the then provincial capital of Carniola. The anniversary was recalled in various radio and television broadcasts at the time, and the Congress was also touched upon by various national and international researchers, who shed light on the events and personalities of the time from different perspectives. Nevertheless, itseemsthat there isstill a lot of research space and, above all, archival material that has not yet been researched and processed. This certainly includes the diary entries of Emperor Franz, in which he recorded some events in a very laconic style, descriptions of places and, above all, buildings that he observed and visited during his stay in Ljubljana. Interestingly, his descriptions of churches or church ceremonies(e.g. Holy Week) are surprisingly richer. Hence, in his diary, the Emperor took time to describe the interior of the Ursuline church in detail. No less interesting is his description of the Ljubljana cathedral, especially as it is presented at the ceremony of the episcopal consecration of the auxiliary bishop of Naples, which was attended by all the most prominent representatives. The Emperor’s writings, in describing individual festive events and Church ceremonies, especially the Easter Triduum, give us an almost plastic picture of the pulse of a particular day among the citizens of the capital of Carniola at that time. The present paper aims to shed some light on the celebrations of Church festivals in the light of the Emperor’s observations and to draw the attention of the general public to this - at least in Slovenia - unused material.
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