Properties
| ID | 117023 |
|---|---|
| System Class | Bibliography |
| Bibliography | Book |
| Case Study | Byzantino-Serbian Border Zones in Transition (1282–1355) , Historical Region of Macedonia TIB 16 |
Description
Theodoros N. Vlachos, Die Geschichte der byzantinischen Stadt Melenikon (Thessaloniki 1969).
Relations
Actors (6)
| Name | Class | Begin | End | Relation Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basilikos Nikephoros | Person | Mentioned in the sources between 1328 and 1342. The sources denote him as κύρος. Governor of Melnik in 1328. Megas Primikerios, between 1333 -1342. He didn’t hand over Melnik to Andronikos III Palaiologos despite the siege and remained loyal to Andronikos II Palaiologos. He was ready to place Melnik in the hands of Andronikos III Palaiologos only after the decease of Andronikos II Palaiologos. He was allowed to carry on as governor of Melnik. He is mentioned in the prostagma of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos for the Monastery of Saint John the Baptist near Serres probably from the year 1333. He was one of the witnesses, who authenticated the renewal of the treaty with Venice in 1342. | |||
| Bladimer | Person | Mentioned in the prayer inscription on the southern pilaster in front of the apse of the Church of Saint Nicholas in Melnik from 1274/1275. He appears as a sebastos in the inscription. His brother was the sebastos Frangos. He commisioned probably the fresco decoration of the Church of Saint Nicholas in Melnik (δέησις τοῦ δούλου τοῦ θεοῦ σεβαστοῦ τοῦ Βλαδιμήρου αὐταδέλφου σεβαστοῦ τοῦ Φράγγου). | |||
| Frangos | Person | Mentioned in the prayer inscription on the southern pilaster in front of the apse of the Church of Saint Nicholas in Melnik from 1274/1275. He appears as sebastos in the inscription. His brother was the Sebastos Bladimer. His brother commisioned probably the fresco decoration of the Church of Saint Nicholas in Melnik (δέησις τοῦ δούλου τοῦ θεοῦ σεβαστοῦ τοῦ Βλαδιμήρου αὐταδέλφου σεβαστοῦ τοῦ Φράγγου). | |||
| Kyrillos | Person | Mentioned in the sources from June 1355 to 1379. He appears as ὑπέρτιμος or kyrь in the sources. He was the Metropolitan of Melnik (ὁ ταπεινὸς Μελενίκου καὶ ὑπέρτιμος Κύριλλος, dostolěpni i v’sečьstni prěōsvešten’ni mitropolitь bogozdan’nago grada Mel’nika). He attested the authenticity of the charter from June 1355 concerning the sale of a plot of land in Chomnos Stolos near Melnik. Before May 1356 he found the Church of Saint Nicholas in Melnik damaged. He restored the church, built a wall around it and a tower (kyrь Kirilь ō crьkvi svetago Nikoli čudotvor’ca Stožьskoga kako jestь naš’lь ōnuzi crьkvь svetago Nikoli Stož’koga porušenu, i ōnь ju jestь ōbnovilь i sьzidalь i ōšte i k’tomu pirьgь sьzidalь svoimь trudomь i ōtkupomь). The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš V confirmed in a chrysobull in May 1356, together with his mother, the Empress Jelena-Jelisaveta, the possession of the Church of Saint Nicholas in the town of Melnik with its landed property and holdings in Psalině and Gr’dali to the Metropolitan Kirilь. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš V donated also the village Smilovo to him (I za tozi uspomenutije prěōsvešten’nago ni mitropolita kyrь Kirila prije gospožda mi i mati carьstva mi carica kyra Jelisaf’ti i carьstvo mi, i darovasmo mu ōnuzi kjeliju, crьkvь svetago Nikoli Stožьs’koga i pirьgь što si estь samь zidalь sь vsěmi pravinami i s selomь što si estь drьžala tazi crьkvь, i s planinomь. I zapisa mu carьstvo mi Kondarata sь stasiōmь i s perivoljemь i s vinogradomь i s nivijemь što si estь drьžalь i prěgje u Psalině. I staьs Jullianova u Grdali na čemь jestь sědělь Svinoglavь sь v’sěmi pravinami stasi těh’zi. I ōšte se carьstvo mi zьgovori z gospoždomь caricomь materiju carьstva mi i pridados’mo selo Smilovo sь vsьmi pravinami i s megjami i sь zasel’ci kako su drьžali vlasteličiki carьstva mi v’se čisto. I ošte mu zapisa carьstvo mi vinograd Tukarevь i Luv’rov što mu su darovali vlasteličiki carьstva mi Vitomirь i Staniša. I kupeničije što si jestь kupilь samь mitropolitь Kyrilь i priložil pod ōnuzi crьkvь da mu něstь vol’nь nikto potvoriti). Kyrillos is mentioned in the patriarchal decree from 1379 concerning the property dispute of the Spelaion-Monastery. | |||
| Metrophanes | Person | Mentioned in several sources between 1334/1347 and 1354. He was Metropolitan of Melnik from 1347 to 1352 and καθολικὸς κριτὴς τῶν ῾Ρωμαίων in 1351. He confirmed in November 1334 or 1349 the endowment of the Monastery Theotokos tu Dempelake by the Bishop Kyprianos of Pheremai to the Monastery of Saint John Baptist near Serres. He signed the Tomos of 1351. He was sent twice in 1352 by Ioannes VI Kantakuzenos on a unsuccesful mission to Ioannes V. Palaiologos, who was at that time in Didymoteichon. He was the assessor of Synod in Constantinople in September 1350, December 1353 and probably also in January and June 1354. | |||
| Po[lites?] Makarios | Person | Mentioned in the inscription from 1288/1289 on the door lintel of the esonarthex in the Church of the Holy Mother of God Pantanassa in Melnik. He appears as a κύρος in the inscription. He was a monk. He erected the Monastery Church of the Holy Mother of God Pantanassa in Melnik. He was also responsible for the fresco decoration of the interior of the church (ἀνηγέρθη ἐκ βάθρου καὶ ἀνιστορίθη ὁ θεῖος καὶ πάνσεπτος ναὸς τῆς πανάγνου Θεομήτορος τῆς Παντανάσης διὰ συνδρομῆς καὶ ἐξόδου κηροῦ μοναχοῦ Μακαρίου τοῦ Πο[...] ἐπὶ τῆ ποληχρονοίο χαρᾶ τοῦ κρατεοῦ καὶ ἁγίου ἡμῶν αὐθέντου μεγάλου βασιλέος Ἀνδρονίκου καὶ αὐτοκράτορος Κομνηνοῦ τοῦ Παλεολόγου καὶ Ήρήνης τῆς εὐσεβεστάτης αὐγούστης ἔτους ςψϛζ ἐντικτιῶνος β). |