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Donation of the Cave Church of St. George, Watermill

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ID 8652
System Class Acquisition
Case Study Historical Region of Macedonia TIB 16
Event Donation

Description

King Stefan Uroš II Milutin donated the watermill of the Cave Church of Saint George to the Monastery of Saint George-Gorg.

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Events (1)
Name Class Begin End Description
Donation of the Cave Church of St. George Acquisition King Stefan Uroš II Milutin donated the Cave Church of Saint George with its watermill and vineyard to the Monastery of Saint George-Gorg.
Actors (2)
Name Class Begin End Relation Type Description
Monastery of Saint George-Gorg Group The Monastery of Saint George-Gorg was a monastery in or near Skopje in the 14th century, but was deserted and cannot be localised with certainty in modern day Skopje.
Stefan Uroš II Milutin Person
Sources (1)
Name Class Description
Skopje Monastery of St. George 2 Source The Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282–1321) issued this charter after the refurbishment of the Monastery of St. George-Gorg near Skopje in the year 1300. He confirmed the donations given to the monastery by former Byzantine, Bulgarian and Serbian rulers. Finally, King Milutin also granted new privileges, landed property and population to the respective monastery.
Places (1)
Name Class Begin End Description
Skopje, Upper Town, Cave Church of St. George, Watermills Place The Serbian king Stefan Uroš II Milutin donated the landed property of the "Cave Church of St. George", namely watermills, to the Monastery of St. George-Gorg near Skopje in the year 1300 (црьквь подь градомь светы геѡргиѥ вь пещерѣ церебѹльскои сь виногради, сь нивиѥмь, сь млини). The hereby given localisation is based on the following quotation from the charter: а мегꙗ ѥ е ѡть пирге коꙗ ѥ подь кѹлѹмь на рѣцѣ та долѹ до пирге водѣне такои и с рѣкомь, и горѣ до пирге поредь водѣнихь врать та низь зьдь градии кѹлѣ.