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Skopje, Upper Town, Church of Saint John Prodromos

cr(ь)kva Iōana Kr(ь)st(ite)lja

Begin 01.09.1299
End 31.05.1308

Properties

ID 11239
System Class Place
Place Existing Church
Case Study Historical Region of Macedonia TIB 16
Administrative unit Region of Skopje / Скопски регион
Historical place Byzantine Empire , Kingdom of Serbia
2 km
1 mi
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Description

The Byzantine Co-Emperor Michael IX Palaiologos donated in ca. 1299/1300 the church of Saint John Prodromos to the monastery of Saint Nikita (ἔδωκε δὲ [ὁ]μοί[ως] ἐν τῆ αὐτῆ μονῆ καὶ ἕτερον μονύδριον, άνεγερθ(ὲν) μ(ὲν) παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ, εἰς ὄνομα δὲ τιμώμενο[ν] τ[οῦ] τιμίου προφήτου Προδρόμου καὶ Βαπτιστοῦ). In a charter of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos - at the instigation of the Serbian king Stefan Uroš II Milutin - in ca. 1299/1300 (or 1308?) for the tower of Hrusija of the Monastery of Chilandar on the Holy Mount Athos the donation of the respective church is confirmed (I drugaja cr(ь)kva koju jes(tь) podvignulь tьi sam kral(ь) Iōana Kr(ь)st(ite)lja).

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