This essay uses the hitherto unexplored archival fund Regularium et Monialium of the Diocesan Ordinariate in Dubrovnik to show when and with what funding the Dominican Monastery of St Catherine of ...Siena was established in Dubrovnik. The monastery was erected on the former site of the nunnery of St Peter, one of eight nunneries in existence in Dubrovnik before the 1667 earthquake. The earthquake destroyed entirely or partially all nunneries, along with many other buildings. Th e convent of St Catherine was established following the reconstruction of two largest nunneries, of St Claire and St Mary of Castle. The means for the construction and later support and maintenance of the convent were bequeathed by the rich merchant Miho Mioša as early as the late sixteenth century, so the Dubrovnik Senate approved the commencement of building in 1670. Because the bequest was not sufficient either for building or for later support of the convent and its nuns, the government of the city, together with the prestigious Confraternity of St Anthony that brought together Dubrovnik merchants, pledged part of their annual incomes towards that purpose. As well as securing finances for the convent, it was also necessary to obtain a permit from the Holy Congregation of Bishops and Monastics, to establish the convent and to transfer two nuns from the Benedictine monastery of St Mary. In the absence of Dominican nuns in the Dubrovnik regions, these two Benedictines were supposed to assist in the early days of the new convent. Once the permits had been obtained, the Archbishop of Dubrovnik continued with the canonical establishment of the new monastery. On 7 February 1706 the two Benedictine nuns arrived from their previous establishment and first novices were admitted. The monastery remained active until 1808 when the Napoleonic government closed all the monastic institutions.
U arhivu Biskupskoga ordinarijata u Dubrovniku nalazi se fond Regularium et Monialium s dragocjenim podacima o dubrovačkim ženskim samostanima i redovnicama za razdoblje od 1651. do 1808. godine. U ...ovome radu prikazat će se kada je i kojim sredstvima podignut dominikanski samostan Sv. Katarine Sijenske u Dubrovniku na ruševinama nekadašnjega samostana Sv. Petra. Rad će se temeljiti na upisima trećega sveska arhivskoga fonda Regularium et monialium, koji se odnosi na samostan Sv. Katarine Sijenske i može se podijeliti na dva dijela – u prvome dijelu govori se o izgradnji i utemeljenju samostana, dok drugi dio donosi sedam kataloga popisa redovnica, sestara dvorkinja i samostanskih kapelana koji će biti predmetom analize nekoga drugog rada. Uz uporabu drugih relevantnih izvora i literature središte interesa stavit će se na proces utemeljenja samostana kao i na pitanje koji su novci izdvojeni za izgradnju i uzdržavanje samostana i njegovih redovnica.
Proces demografske tranzicije, koji je područje bivše Dubrovačke Republike zahvatio prije nego ostale dijelove Hrvatske, u Liscu je kasnio i njegov se početak gotovo može točno označiti 1878. ...godinom. Uz činjenicu da je riječ o jednoj od Dubrovniku najudaljenijih brdskih ruralnih župa, razloge tog kašnjenja vjerojatno treba potražiti u utjecajima susjedne Hercegovine, gdje su i tadašnja događanja (Hercegovački ustanak) pogodovala “kvarenju” demografske slike. Obilježja prirodnog kretanja, s visokim stopama rodnosti i smrtnosti (preko 40‰) i vrlo visokim mortalitetom dojenčadi jasno pokazuju da je Lisac još uvijek u predtranzicijskom razdoblju.
