About history on island Lošinj!
Austrian archduke Carl Stephen

Only a week after his wedding in Vienna, Austrian Archduke Carl Stephen (Karl Stephan) brought his young wife, Royal Princess Theresa (Maria Theresia), to Veli Lošinj. Immediately after the formal welcome reception, the newly weds visited the parish church that would become an important part of their religious lives. Their daughters Eleonora and Renata and their firstborn Karl Albrecht received their first communion there and his entire family was consecrated in 1899 to the Holy Heart of Jesus. At the occasion, he donated a wooden statue of the Holy Heart of Jesus and Archduchess Theresa put the church under her high patronage.