Svetvincenat – Sanvincenti:”In 1560 Morosini sisters married two Grimani brothers from San Luca. This is why the Castle is named Morosini – Grimani“
In 1348 Vicardo and Fiorino Castropola entered into war with Venice and for that fact they were banned from Venetian territories. This lasted for 10 years when Senate of Venice graced them.
In 1367, a cousin of Vicardo, Fulcherio Castropola lived in Svetvincenti, while Fiorino Castropola was allowed to live in Dvigrad.
The sister of Fulcherio married the Venetian Andrea Morosini and they had two sons: Leonardo and Giacomo. They became successors of their uncle Fulcherio that did not have legitimate successors. They had a natural son Bernabo’ that in 1386 went to live in Pula, in the house owned by his uncle Andrea Morosini.
In 1374, when Alberto IV Count of Pazin died, Svetvincenat, together with other territories of the County, passed to Austria and the Hapsburg family.
In 1384, in Venice, Bishops of Porec confirmed that Andrea Morosini would have been the legal representative of his own children as successors of their uncle Fulcherio Castropola that was the previous owner of the feud. Half of the feud was owned by Fiorino Castropola. In 1385 Austria gave this part to Ugone VI Count of Duino who in 1388 sold it to Lords of Krsan, Nicolo’ ed Enrico di Krottendorf. Bishops of Porec remained the ultimate owner of the land and they gave it to Morosini family until the 19th century.
In 1421 Svetvincenat was involved in another war between Venice and Hungarian King Sigismondo, allied of the Aquileia Patriarchs. In 1470 Archduke of Austria bought Svetvincenat from the family Walsee, that were successors of Count of Duino.
In 1515 Venice occupied Svetvincenat and from that period the town was part of Venice Republic. In 1523 family Morosini bought the second half of the feud from Austria.
Family Morosini did not have male successors and the two sisters, Angela and Morosina, married in 1560 two brothers from San Luca named Ermolao and Marino Grimani. This is the origin of the name of the Castle Morosini – Grimani.
Svetvincenat was involved in the Uskoci war between Austria and Venice at the beginning of the 17th century and later on was hit by plague in 1630 like most other Istrian towns and villages. The war and plague created a need the increase the immigration to re-create the life in the village and in the countryside. This is something that happened all over Istria over the centuries.
Another interesting fact related with the story of the family Grimani is that in 1632 a young woman named Maria Radoslovic was accused to be a witch. She was tortured and burned in the main square. Some sources assume that in reality she was guilty only because she had a love affair with a Noble Grimani.
After the fall of Venice in 1797, the family Morosini sold the Castle to Bishops of Porec and before the World War II they sold it to the Municipality. The village, with the fall of Venice became a part of the Austrian Empire and for a short period of time was under Napoleon domination.
After the First World War and fall of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, Svetvincenat, was part of Italy and after the Second World War became part of Yugoslavia (Croatia).