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Štip, Saint Archangel Michael

Description

Stefan Hrelja Dragovol (Stephanos Chreles) erected the Church of Saint Archangel Michael in the town of Štip. He granted the church with its possessions to the Hilandar Monastery. The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed his donation to the monastery between 1334 and 1336 (I prida kraljevьstvo mi crьkvь velikoslavnogo arhïstratiga Mihaila iže vь Štipu gradu jegože protosevastь Hrelja ōt osnovanija ljuboviju duše si sьzdalь i ukrasilь krasotami crьkvnymi, da budetь priložena crьkvi sïa monastiru slavnomu drьžavi našeje, iže jestь vь Svetěi Gorě, iže imenova se Hilandarь, vь pametь kraljevьstva mi i vь pametь jego, jakože izvoli se městu semu priložiti, iže jestь kupilь město u Štipu gradu ili dvorišta ili voděničije ili vinograde ili nivije).

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Sources (2)
Name Class Description
Štip St. Archangel Michael 1 Source The present charter is a forged document for the Monastery of Chilandar attributed to King Stefan Uroš II Milutin. It summarises the possessions of Chilandar and confirms earlier donations amongst others in the town of Štip and its surroundings. The document was created in the years 1371 to 1378 during a legal dispute with the Monastery of St. Panteleimon on Mount Athos based on the existing charter of King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan from the 1330s. The charter is attesting a state of possessions of the Church of St. Archangel Michael in Štip as they existed in the 1330s.
Štip St. Archangel Michael 2 Source The present charter is a falsified document of Stefan Uroš IV Dušan, which confirms the donation of the Church of St. Archangel Michael in Štip to the Monastery of Chilandar. The date given in the document is the year 1336, but, based on the king's signature and the changes in the typologies of the mentioned settlements, it seems that it has to be dated in the years before the coronation of Stefan Dušan to emperor (i.e. 1343 to 1345).