Deed of donation of the nun Annesia for the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaion near Melnik
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The nun Annesia donated In the late 13th or in the beginning of the 14th century in memory of her deceased husband Theodoros Komenos Kantakuzenos, who lived in the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaion near Melnik, a ground with a mill in the lower town of Melnik and a vineyard in the village Dragnitza to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaion near Melnik.
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Actes de Vatopédi I — 174Relations
Actors (3)
| Name | Class | Begin | End | Relation Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annesia | Person | Mentioned in the deed of donation for the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik from the late 13th or beginning of the 14th century. She was a nun. She donated in memory of her deceased husband Theodoros Komenos Kantakuzenos, who lived in the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaion near Melnik, a ground with a mill in the lower town of Melnik and a vineyard in the village Dragnitza to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik (ἐπιδίδωμι αὐτῆ τῆ θεῖα μονῆ τῶ ἐν τῶ ἐμπορίω Μελενίκου γονηκῶθεν προσὃν ἡμῖν μυλωνοτόπιον, καὶ εἰς τὸ δια θείου καὶ σεπτοῦ χρυσοβούλου χωρίον ἡμῶν τῆν Δράγνιτζαν ἀμπέλιον ἐξαλιματικὸν). | |||
| Branaina Komnene | Person | Mentioned in the deed of donation for the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik from the late 13th or beginning of the 14th century. She signed and authenticated the deed of donation for the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik (Σίγνον Βρανένης τῆς γνησίας θυγατρὸς αὐτῆς). | |||
| Kantakuzenos, Theodoros Komnenos Philes | Person | Mentioned in the deed of donation for the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik from the late 13th or beginning of the 14th century. He was a κῦρ. He held the office of the Megas Drungarios τῆς βίγλης. He was buried in the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik. His wife Annesia donated a ground with a mill in the lower town of Melnik and a vineyard in the village Dragnitza to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik in return for the commemoration of Theodoros by the monks (ἐπιδίδωμι αὐτῆ τῆ θεῖα μονῆ τῶ ἐν τῶ ἐμπορίω Μελενίκου γονηκῶθεν προσὃν ἡμῖν μυλωνοτόπιον, καὶ εἰς τὸ δια θείου καὶ σεπτοῦ χρυσοβούλου χωρίον ἡμῶν τῆν Δράγνιτζαν ἀμπέλιον ἐξαλιματικὸν). His father Michael Elaiodorites Spanopulos donated also two mills in the lower town of Melnik to the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik in memory of his son and other deceased family member (Ἐπεὶ προ χρόνων τελευτήσαντος τοῦ αυθέντου μου καὶ πατρός μου τοῦ μακαρίτου ἐκοίνου τὸ λείψανον κατετέθη ἐν τη σεβασμία βασιλικῆ μονῆ τῆς κυρίας ἠμῶν τῆς ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆ ἐπικεκλημένη Σπήλαιον, ὁμοίως καὶ τὰ τῶν ἀδελφῶν μου λείψανα, καὶ ἐδόθη ψυχικῆς ἐνεκεν σωτηρίας αὐτῶν πράγματά τινα, ἀρτίως δὲ τελευτήσαντος καὶ τοῦ γλυκυτάτου καὶ περὶποθείτου μου υἱοῦ ἐκείνου Κομνηνοῦ κυροῦ Θεοδόρου Φιλή τοῦ Καντακουζηνοῦ τοῦ μεγάλου δρουγγαρίου κατετέθη τὸ λίψανον αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν αὐτοῦ παίδων ἐν τῆ τοῖαὔτη σεβασμία μονῆ καὶ ἐδόθη ὑπερ ψυχικῆς σωτηρίας τὸ ἐν τῶ ἐμπορίω Μελενίκου μυλωνοτόπιον αὐτῶν, ἐπιδίδωμι καὶ αὐτὸς τὸ σύνεγκυς τοῦτου μυλονοτόπιον ἐν τη τοιαύτη μονῆ μονῆ ψυχικῆς ἔνεκα σωτηρίας τῶν ἀπελθῶντων γονέων μου καὶ ἀδελφῶν καὶ τέκνων καὶ ἡμῶν αὐτῶν). |
Source Translations (1)
| Name | Class | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Deed of donation of the nun Annesia for the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaion near Melnik | Source translation | Ἐπεὶ ἐτέθη τὸ λείψανον τοῦ αὐθέντου μου τοῦ μακαρίτου ἐκοίνου μεγάλου δρουγκαρίου Κομνηνοῦ κυροῦ Θεοδόρου τοῦ Καντακουζηνοῦ, διὰ τοῦ θείου καὶ ἀγγελικοῦ σχήματος μετονομασθέντος Θεοδοσίου μοναχοῦ, ἐν τῆ σεβασμία βασιλικῆ μονῆ τῆς ὑπεραγίας ἡμῶν Θεοτόκου τῆς ἐπὶκεκλημένης Σπήλαιον, ἐπιδίδωμι αὐτῆ τῆ θεῖα μονῆ τῶ ἐν τῶ ἐμπορίω Μελενίκου γονηκῶθεν προσὃν ἡμῖν μυλωνοτόπιον, καὶ εἰς τὸ δια θείου καὶ σεπτοῦ χρυσοβούλου χωρίον ἡμῶν τῆν Δράγνιτζαν ἀμπέλιον ἐξαλιματικὸν τοῦ vacat, μνήμης ἔνεκα ὡς ἤρηται τοῦ ἀπελθόντως αὐθέντου μου ἐκείνου. Ὅθεν καὶ ὁφείλωσιν οἱ τῆς τοιαύτης μονῆς ὁσιώτατοι πατέρες ἡμῶν κατέχειν τὸ εἰρημένον μυλοτόπιον καὶ τὸ ἀμπέλιον ἀπὸ τοῦ νῆν εἰς τοῦς ἐξῆ̣ς ἄπαντας καὶ διηνεκεῖς χρόνους, μη ἐμποδιζομενοι παρ’ ἡμῶν ἢ τινὸς τοῦ μέρους ἡμῶν, ὡς τελείως ἀπὸβαλλομένων τὴν ἐπ’ αὐτοῖς νομήν τε δεσποτείαν καὶ κυριότητα καὶ τῶ μέρει τῆς μονῆς ἀνατιθέντων. Ἡ δέ τις ἡμῶν ἢ τῶν παίδων ἢ τῶν κατὰ σάρκα συγγενῶν ἡμῶν ἢ τινὸς τῶν ἀλλοτρίων πειραθείη ἀπὸσπάσαι ταῦτα τῆς τοιαὔτης μονῆς, ἵνα ἔχη τᾶς αρᾶς πάντων τῶν ἀγίων καὶ τὴν ὑπεραγίαν Θεοτόκον πολεμοῦσαν αὐτὸν ὡς ἱἐροσύλω καὶ καταφρονητὶ ταύτης. Διὸ καὶ τὸ παρὸν ὑμέτερον παραδοτικὸν γράμμα γεγονὸς ἐπεδόθη τῆ διἀληφθήση σεβασμία μονῆ τοὺ Σπηλαίου εἰς ἀσφάλειαν , μηνὶ Σεπτεβρίω ἰνδικτιῶνος ιεʹ † Σίγνον Ἀννησίας μοναχοῖς τῆς κατα κόσμον μεγάλης δρουγγαρέας Σίγνον Βρανένης τῆς γνησίας θυγατρὸς αὐτῆς |
Places (2)
| Name | Class | Begin | End | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dragnitza | Place | The nun Annesia donated in the late 13th or in the beginning of the 14th century in memory of her deceased husband Theodoros Komenos Kantakuzenos, who lived in the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaion near Melnik, a ground with a mill in the lower town of Melnik and a vineyard in the village Dragnitza to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaion near Melnik (ἐπιδίδωμι αὐτῆ τῆ θεῖα μονῆ τῶ ἐν τῶ ἐμπορίω Μελενίκου γονηκῶθεν προσὃν ἡμῖν μυλωνοτόπιον, καὶ εἰς τὸ δια θείου καὶ σεπτοῦ χρυσοβούλου χωρίον ἡμῶν τῆν Δράγνιτζαν ἀμπέλιον ἐξαλιματικὸν).The village of Dragnitza is probably identical with the Mezra Draganova, which is mentioned in the Defters for the Sanjak Küstendil between the year 1570 and 1573. | ||
| Melnik, Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa | Place | The nun Annesia donated in the late 13th or beginning of the 14th century in memory of her deceased husband Theodoros Komenos Kantakuzenos, who lived in the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaion near Melnik, a ground with a mill in the lower town of Melnik and a vineyard in the village Dragnitza to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaion near Melnik (ἐπιδίδωμι αὐτῆ τῆ θεῖα μονῆ τῶ ἐν τῶ ἐμπορίω Μελενίκου γονηκῶθεν προσὃν ἡμῖν μυλωνοτόπιον, καὶ εἰς τὸ δια θείου καὶ σεπτοῦ χρυσοβούλου χωρίον ἡμῶν τῆν Δράγνιτζαν ἀμπέλιον ἐξαλιματικὸν). In the time period from 1301 to 1361 a not named patriarch appointed Meletios as Abbot of the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik (Ἡ μετριότης ἡμῶν διὰ τοῦ παρόντος αὐτῆς γράμματος παρακελεύεται εἶναι τὸν τιμιώτατον ἱερομόναχον κῦρ Μελέτιον εἰς καθηγούμενον τῆς ἐν τῷ θεοσώστω κάσ̣τ̣ρῳ τοῦ Μελενίκου διακειμένης σεβασμίας μονῆς τῆς ὑπεράγνου δεσποίνης καὶ Θεομη̣τορος καὶ ἐπικεκλημένης τοῦ Σπηλαίου). In May 1304 the unlawfully taken small possession (κτῆμα μικρὸν) Hagios Georgios near the village Hostrobos in the size of two yokes (εἰς τὸ̣ν Ἅγιον Γεώργιον, πο̣σουμενον γῆ ζευγαρίων δύο εἰς ὑπέρπυρα τέσσαρα... εἰς τὴν περιοχὴν εὑρισκόμενον τοῦ Ὁστροβοῦ ἐπιλεγώμενον) was given back to the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik. The possession belonged to the monastery according to the records of the thema Melenikos (ἐν τῶ τοῦ Μελλενίκου θέματος). The boundaries of the possession were examined in the presence of Gerasimos, the Abbot of the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik and the inhabitants of the village Hostrobos (ἀπὸ τὸ χωρίον τοῦ Ὁστροβοῦ ἄνδρες ἀξιόπιστοι ουκ ὀλίγοι) and the people from Hagios Georgios (ἀπὸ τὸν Ἅγιον Γεώργιον). The boundaries of the possession reached as far as the plot Potokos, where the river Struma flowed through and the plot Philippu (ἕως τὸν λεγόμενον Πότοκον, ἔνθα διἤρχετο ὁ Στρύμμων, καὶ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ διέ̣ρ̣χετ̣αι τὴν ἄμμον μέχρι τοῦ λεγωμένου Φιλιππου). The Serbian Despot Jovan Uglješa donated the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik with its properties to the Monastery of Batopedi on Mount Athos in January 1365. On this occassion an inventory of all possession was isssued (Κατὰ τὴν πεντεκαὶδεκάτην τοῦ Ἰαννοἀρίου μηνὸς τῆς τρίτης ἰνδικτιῶνος παρέδωκεν ὁ ἐνδοξώτατος Οὔγγλεσης πρὸς τὴν θείαν καὶ σεβασμίαν καὶ βασιλικὴν μονὴν τοῦ Ἁγίου Ὄρους τῆς ἐπικεκλημένης τοῦ Βατοπεδίου τὴν θείαν μονὴν περὶ τὸν Μελενίκον τὴν ἐπικεκλημένην τῆς πανάγνου Θεοτόκον τῆς Σπηλαιωτίσης μετὰ καὶ τῶν ἐν αυτῆ πρὸἀστίων καὶ κτημάτων ὧν ἔκπαλαι καὶ πρὸ χρόνων ἐκράτησεν ἡ τοιαύτη θεία μονῆ). |