Duktė Naumiesčio bažnyčios ...
LTStraipsnyje siekiama, sugretinus LDK istorijos šaltinių ir Žemaitijos didikų genealogijos duomenis su Degučių Šv. Vincento Ferrero bažnyčios meno kurinių analizės rezultatais, nustatyti bažnyčios statybos ir fundacijos datas, statytojo ir fundatorių pavardes, įvertinti paveldo autentiškumą. [Iš leidinio]Reikšminiai žodžiai: Degučių bažnyčia; Bilevičių giminė; Žemaitija (Samogitia); Altorius; Barokas; Degučiai Church; Bilevičiai family; Samogitia; Altar; Baroque.
ENThe Church of St. Vincent Ferrero in Degučiai has been one of the daughters of the church in Žemaičių Naumiestis. The wooden building of triangular plan with one tower and its interior structures have survived in fairly good condition. Famous for its artistic ensemble of carved altars, the church exhibits the features characteristic of Samogitian baroque. The original documents of the church from the 18th century have not survived, or at least have not been found. The inventories of the 19th century give contradictory facts on the church builders and benefactors. Beyond dispute, they belonged to the Bilevičius (Billewicz) family, whose history is complicated and whose genealogy is confusing and little researched. Two earliest currently known archival sources - the inventories of Degučiai church of the years 1805 and 1814 - indicate different dates of church’s construction (1735 and 1760). In historiography, from 1845 the construction date was set at 1757. On the basis of archival sources, genealogical studies and analysis of artistic objects, the author revises and updates historical facts on this monument. The inconsistencies in the archival sources do not allow definitive conclusions. Nevertheless, judging by the whole data available it may be stated that Tadas Bilevičius, the elder of Vainutas, later the general-major of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and finally the castellan of Mstislavl region, built the church of the Immaculate Conception in 1760; before 1763 it was finished and decorated.Its funders were Tadas Bilevičius and Adomas Bilevičius with his wife Bogumila Budrikaitė (1775). In the period between the 18th and 20th centuries, the title of the church changed three times. In the documents dated 1763 and 1805 it appears as the Church of St. Mary the Virgin. In later inventories of the 19th century, it is referred to as the Church of the Holy Trinity. The present name of St. Vincent Ferrero was given to it at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The church altars, their titles and iconographic program have changed little since the 18th century. [From the publication]
