LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Katalikų bažnyčia; Krikštas; Lietuvos Didžioji Kunigaikštystė (LDK; Grand Duchy of Lithuania; GDL); Papročiai; Pastoracija, pamaldumas, Žemaitija, Tarkvinijus Pekulas, vizitacija; Žemaitija (Samogitia); Baptism; Catholic church; Pastoral care, devotional life, Samogitia, Tarquinius Peculus, visitation; Samogitia; Traditions.
ENThe research object of the article is the practice of pastoral care and devotional life in the diocese of Samogitia in the 15th-16th centuries. Various forms of pastoral care and devotional life, such as sacramental practice, Mass attendance, preaching, Christian doctrine, burial traditions, observance of ecclesiastical feasts and fasting, brotherhood activities and currency of indulgences are analyzed. As a consequence of the analysis, revaluation of the hitherto prevailing estimation of medieval religiosity in Samogitia is proposed. [From the publication]