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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).
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Asomatianos Georgios
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Mentioned in the deed of gift of Georgios Kontostephanos Kalameas and his wife Eirene Kontostephanina Kapantritissa for the Monastery of Iberon from December 1309.He was priest and sakelliou of the Metropolis of Melnik. He signed and approved the deed of gift of Georgios Kontostephanos Kalameas and his wife Eirene Kontostephanina Kapantritissa for the Monastery of Iberon from December 1309.
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Chachalas Basileios
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Mentioned in the charter concerning the return of the posession in the village Hagios Georgios to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from May 1304. He was among the trustworthy inhabitants of the village Hostrobos (ἀπὸ τὸ χωρίον τοῦ Ὁστροβοῦ ἄνδρες ἀξιόπιστοι ουκ ὀλίγοι), who together with Paulopulos, the village elder of the village Hostrobos, Ioannes, the official of the thema of Melenikos, and Gerasimos, the Archimandrite of the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik, determined the boundaries of the monastic property.
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Mentioned in the charter concerning the return of the posession in the village Hagios Georgios to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from May 1304. He was among the people from the village Hagios Georgos (ἀπὸ τὸν Ἅγιον Γεώργιον), who together with trustworthy inhabitants of the village Hostrobos, Ioannes, the official of the thema of Melenikos, and Gerasimos, the Archimandrite of the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik, determined the boundaries of the monastic property.
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Mentioned in the inventory of property of the Church of Saint Stephen in the village of Konče. He owned a vineyard near the property of the Priest Miso (lozije Dedoslavovo pri pope Mise) and another one in the vicinity of the possession of Kašakulь (lozije Dedoslavovo pri Kašakuli). He held also a field not far from the village Konče (Dedoslavova niva konь ne).
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Demetrios (1)
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Mentioned in the charter concerning the return of the posession in the village Hagios Georgios to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from May 1304. He was among the people from the village Hagios Georgos (ἀπὸ τὸν Ἅγιον Γεώργιον), who together with trustworthy inhabitants of the village Hostrobos, Ioannes, the official of the thema of Melenikos, and Gerasimos, the Archimandrite of the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik, determined the boundaries of the monastic property.
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Georgios (1)
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Mentioned in the charter concerning the return of the posession in the village Hagios Georgios to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from May 1304. He was a priest (παπάς). He was among the people from the village Hagios Georgos (ἀπὸ τὸν Ἅγιον Γεώργιον), who together with trustworthy inhabitants of the village Hostrobos, Ioannes, the official of the thema of Melenikos, and Gerasimos, the Archimandrite of the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik, determined the boundaries of the monastic property.
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Gerasimos
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Mentioned in the charter concerning the return of the posession in the village Hagios Georgios to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from May 1304 and in the deed of gift of Georgios Kontostephanos Kalameas and his wife Eirene Kontostephanina Kapantritissa for the Monastery of Iberon from December 1309. He was a Protosynkellos and Archimandrite of the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik. 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 Archimandrite of the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik (καὶ ἀπελθὼν ἐκεισαι εἰς τὸν λεγόμενον Ἅγιον Γεώργιον εἰς τὴν περιοχὴν τοῦ Ὁστροβοῦ με̣τὰ καὶ τοῦ ἀρχημανδρίτου ἁγίου πατρὸς Γερασίμου ἱερομονάχου, ποιμένος λεγω τῆς εἰρημένης ἁγίας μονῆς, κ̣α̣ὶ̣ τῆς ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ ποίμνης). Gerasimos also signed and approved the deed of gift of Georgios Kontostephanos Kalameas and his wife Eirene Kontostephanina Kapantritissa for the Monastery of Iberon from December 1309 (Ὁ̣ ἀρχιμανδρίτης καὶ πρωτοσίγγελο̣ς̣ τῆς σεβασμίας μο̣νῆς τῆς ὑπεράγνο̣υ̣ μου Θεομήτορο̣ς τῆς Σπηλαιωτίσσης Γερά̣σιμ̣ος ἐ̣π̣ὶ̣ τὸ παρὸν τ̣ῆς π̣αρα̣δόσεως γρ̣άμμα μαρτυρῶν ὑπ̣έγραψεν).
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Grammatikos Manuel
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Mentioned in the charter concerning the return of the posession in the village Hagios Georgios to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from May 1304. He was among the trustworthy inhabitants of the village Hostrobos (ἀπὸ τὸ χωρίον τοῦ Ὁστροβοῦ ἄνδρες ἀξιόπιστοι ουκ ὀλίγοι), who together with Paulopulos, the village elder of the village Hostrobos, Ioannes, the official of the thema of Melenikos, and Gerasimos, the Archimandrite of the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik, determined the boundaries of the monastic property.
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Henglesis
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Mentioned in the charter concerning the return of the posession in the village Hagios Georgios to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from May 1304. He was among the trustworthy inhabitants of the village Hostrobos (ἀπὸ τὸ χωρίον τοῦ Ὁστροβοῦ ἄνδρες ἀξιόπιστοι ουκ ὀλίγοι), who together with Paulopulos, the village elder of the village Hostrobos, Ioannes, the official of the thema of Melenikos, and Gerasimos, the Archimandrite of the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik, determined the boundaries of the monastic property.
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Ioannes (4)
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Mentioned in the deed of donation of Michael Elaiodorites Spanopulos for the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik from the late 13th century or the beginning of the 14th century. He was a priest and held the office of the ἄρχον τῶν φωτων. He authenticated the deed of donation of Michael Elaiodorites Spanopulos for the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik.
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Ioannes (7)
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Mentioned in the painted ktitorial inscription running on the cornice of the northern and southern walls of the central aisle of the Church of Saint Nicholas in Manastir in the region of Mariovo and in the inscription on the reverse side of the icon of Saint George from the Church of Saint George in Struga. He was the deacon and refendarios of the Archbishopric of Ōhrid. He sponsored the restoration of the icon of the Saint George, which was kept in the church of Saint George in Struga (δῶρον τοῦ σοῦ οἰκέτου καὶ εὐτελοῦς Ἰωάννου τοῦ διακόνου ῥαιφερενδαρΐου τε ἀξΐαν ἔχων· γράψαντϊ σεπτῶς τὴν σὴν μορφὴν ἁγίαν ἐν χρωματουργήμασϊ ποικϊλοτρόποις ταύτην ἀνιστῶν ἐν Στρούγαις τῆς Ἀχρίδος. Ἰωάννης ἐκ πόθου τὴν δέησϊν ποιεῖται· ἐν ἔτει ςψοε ἰνδικτιῶνος θ ἀνϊστορΐθη διὰ χειρὸς Ἰωάννου ἱστοριογράφου ἐκ Νεαπόλεως). He supervised the fresco decoration of the Church of Saint Nicholas in Manastir, which was finished in 1270/1271 (Ὁ ναὸς γὰρ ἦν σμικρώτατος, σαθρὸς, ῥακοθεὶς δὲ καὶ διατετρωμένος ἀρραγῆς καὶ μὶ φέρων ὁρᾶν τὴν τοῦ ναοῦ σβέσιν ὁ πανοσιώτατος καθηγούμενος τῆς μονῆς ὁ κυρὸς Ἰωαννίκιος, ὁ καὶ διὰ τοῦ ἁγίου σχίματος ἐπωνομασθεὶς Ἀκάκιος καὶ χωρέσας ὑπὲρ χρημάτων ἀναχωρεῖ τοῦτον θεῖαν εὐσεβῆς ἐπιχωρῖν καὶ ἐν ὑπηρεσία ἄγειν ὁ καὶ προκαλέσας τοὺς ἐν Χριστῶ ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ...ἅμα καὶ εὐθὺς χαλάσας τὴν ἐκκλησίαν ἀνήγυρεν ἐκ βάθρων τὸν πάνσεπτον ναὸν τοῦτον καὶ οραΐσας καὶ καλεῖ ἐν αὐτοῖς τὸν ἐν χρωματουργίμασιν πικυλοτρόποις καὶ ἐν βαθεῖ γνόμονας χεῖρας ταπινότατος Ἰωάννης διάκονος καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν κρίσεων τῆς ἁγιωτάτης ἀρχιεπισκοπῆς, καὶ...ἐν ἔτει ἐξακισχιλιστὸ καὶ ἑπτακοσιοστό τε ο δ, ἰνδικτιῶνος θ, ἀνιστορίθι δὲ ἐν ἕτι ς ψ ο θ, ἰνδικτιῶνος ιδ, ἐπὶ τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ εὐσεβεστάτου μεγάλου βασλέως καὶ αὐτοκράτωρος Ῥωμαίων Δοῦκα Ἀγγέλου Κομνηνοῦ Μιχαήλ τοῦ Παλαιολόγου καὶ Νέου Κωνσταντίνου).
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Ioannes ....ptos
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Mentioned in the charter concerning the return of the possession in the village Hagios Georgios to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from May 1304. The charter denotes him as δοῦλος. He as a representative of the commander of the thema of Melenikos signed and approved the charter concerning the return of the possession in the village Hagios Georgios to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from May 1304 (Ὁ δοῦλος τοῦ ε̣ὐ̣σεβε̣στάτο̣υ̣ μου α̣ὐ̣θέντ̣ου Ἰωάννης ὁ ....πτός).
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Iskras Georgios
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Mentioned in the charter concerning the return of the posession in the village Hagios Georgios to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from May 1304.He was among the trustworthy inhabitants of the village Hostrobos (ἀπὸ τὸ χωρίον τοῦ Ὁστροβοῦ ἄνδρες ἀξιόπιστοι ουκ ὀλίγοι), who together with Paulopulos, the village elder of the village Hostrobos, Ioannes, the official of the thema of Melenikos, and Gerasimos, the Archimandrite of the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik, determined the boundaries of the monastic property.
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Kalameas, Georgios Kontostephanos
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Mentioned in the deed of gift of Georgios Kontostephanos Kalameas and his wife Eirene Kontostephanina Kapantritissa for the Monastery of Iberon from December 1309 and in the chrysobull charter of the Byzantine Co-emperor Michael IX. Palaiologos from August 1310 for the Monastery of Iberon on Mount Athos.
The deed denotes him as δοῦλος of the Byzantine Emperor. He was a στρατιώτης.
He and his wife Eirene Kontostephanina Kapantritissa donated several properties to the Monastery of Iberon. Georgios Kontostephanos Kalameas acquired from a certain Karbunares a place called Malesta near Melnik, where he erected the church of Saint George tu Kalamea. He endowed it with vineyard, fields, courtyard, meadow and a mill and gave it together with his wife to the Monastery of Iberon as metochion (καὶ γὰρ τὸ σύνεγγυ̣ς τοῦ κάστρου Μελενίκου, τὸ ἐν τῆ τοποθεσία τῆς Μάλεστας, τὸν ἐξ αγορασίας μου τόπον ἀπὸ τοῦ Καρβουνάρη ἐκείνου, τὸ ἐκ γονικόθεν παρ’ αὐτοῦ κατεχόμενον, σὺν τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος καὶ τῶν χω̣ραφίων, τῆς αὐλῆς, τοῦ ληβαδίου καὶ τοῦ μύλωνος... ὡσαύτως καὶ ἐν τῶ αὐτῶ τόπω ἀνήγειρα ἐκ βάθρου ἐξ οἰκίου κόπου καὶ ἀναλουμάτων θείον καὶ πάνσεπτον ναὸν εἰς ὅνομα τιμώμενον τοῦ ἁγίου καὶ πανενδώξου μεγαλομάρτυρος καὶ τροπαιοφόρου Γεωργίου). The foundation of the metochion was enriched by their donation of the Church of Saint Panteleemon and a couple of houses in Melnik (Ἐπεὶ δὲ εὑρίσκεται καὶ ἐντὸς τοῦ κάστρου Μελενίκου ὁ Ἅγιος Πα̣ν̣τ̣ελεήμων μετὰ καὶ τῶν ὁσπητίων, ὃν ἔκτισα, ἵνα κατέχεται (καὶ) αὐτὸς παρὰ τοῖς μονῆς τοῦ τοῦ Ἁγίου Γεωργίου).
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Kantakuzenos, Theodoros Komnenos Philes
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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).
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Kapantritissa, Eirene Kontostephanina
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Mentioned in the deed of gift of Georgios Kontostephanos Kalameas and his wife Eirene Kontostephanina Kapantritissa for the Monastery of Iberon from December 1309. She and her husband Georgios Kontostephanos Kalameas donated several properties to the Monastery of Iberon. Georgios Kontostephanos Kalameas acquired from a certain Karbunares a place called Malesta near Melnik, where he erected the church of Saint George tu Kalamea. He endowed it with vineyard, fields, courtyard, meadow and a mill and gave it together with his wife Eirene Kontostephanina Kapantritissa to the Monastery of Iberon as metochion (καὶ γὰρ τὸ σύνεγγυ̣ς τοῦ κάστρου Μελενίκου, τὸ ἐν τῆ τοποθεσία τῆς Μάλεστας, τὸν ἐξ αγορασίας μου τόπον ἀπὸ τοῦ Καρβουνάρη ἐκείνου, τὸ ἐκ γονικόθεν παρ’ αὐτοῦ κατεχόμενον, σὺν τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος καὶ τῶν χω̣ραφίων, τῆς αὐλῆς, τοῦ ληβαδίου καὶ τοῦ μύλωνος... ὡσαύτως καὶ ἐν τῶ αὐτῶ τόπω ἀνήγειρα ἐκ βάθρου ἐξ οἰκίου κόπου καὶ ἀναλουμάτων θείον καὶ πάνσεπτον ναὸν εἰς ὅνομα τιμώμενον τοῦ ἁγίου καὶ πανενδώξου μεγαλομάρτυρος καὶ τροπαιοφόρου Γεωργίου). The foundation of the metochion was enriched by their donation of the Church of Saint Panteleemon and a couple of houses in Melnik (Ἐπεὶ δὲ εὑρίσκεται καὶ ἐντὸς τοῦ κάστρου Μελενίκου ὁ Ἅγιος Πα̣ν̣τ̣ελεήμων μετὰ καὶ τῶν ὁσπητίων, ὃν ἔκτισα, ἵνα κατέχεται (καὶ) αὐτὸς παρὰ τοῖς μονῆς τοῦ τοῦ Ἁγίου Γεωργίου).
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Mentioned in the deed of gift of Georgios Kontostephanos Kalameas and his wife Eirene Kontostephanina Kapantritissa for the Monastery of Iberon from December 1309, in the act of the apographeus Manuel Manglabites for Ioannes Sguros Orestes from 1319/1320 or from 1304/1305 and in the chrysobull charter of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos for the pansebastos sebastos Ioannes Sguros Orestes from August 1323. He sold a place called Malesta near Melnik to Georgios Kontostephanos Kalameas (καὶ γὰρ τὸ σύνεγγυ̣ς τοῦ κάστρου Μελενίκου, τὸ ἐν τῆ τοποθεσία τῆς Μάλεστας, τὸν ἐξ αγορασίας μου τόπον ἀπὸ τοῦ Καρβουνάρη ἐκείνου). He also sold a field in the katepanikion Diakastron to Ioannes Sguros Orestes before 1319/1320 (Καὶ χωράφιον πλησίον ταύτης ἐξ ἀγορᾶς ἀπ̣ὸ̣ τοῦ Καρ̣βωνάρη ἐκ̣είνου μοδίων δ̣έκ̣α). He bought an 11 modioi vineyard with a nearby wasteland in Malesta from Mitas and sold it to Ioannes Sguros Orestes (Καὶ εἰς τὴν Μάλεσ̣τ̣αν ἀ̣μ̣πέλιον ἐξ ἀγορᾶς ἀπὸ τ̣ο̣ῦ̣ δηλωθέντο̣ς Καρβωνά̣ρ̣η̣ παρὰ τοῦ ε̣ἰ̣ρ̣ημένου Μιτᾶ ἐκείνου μοδίων ἕνδεκα, καὶ χέρσον μερικὸν συμπαρακ̣είμ̣εν̣ον). He sold a part from a 100 modioi field to Ioannes Sguros Orestes (καὶ χωράφιον ἐξ ἀγορασίας ὡσαύτως ἀπὸ τοῦ Καρβωνάρη καὶ τοῦ Λιτοβόη ἐκείνου καὶ ἀπὸ ἑτέρων ὡσεὶ μοδίων ἑκατόν). He vended also a vineyard in Malesta to Ioannes Sguros Orestes, where a 20 modioi vineyard was set out by the latter (Ἔτι δὲ καὶ ἀμπέλιον εἰς τὴν Μάλεσταν ἐξ ἀγορασίας ἀπὸ τοῦ δηλωθέντος Καρβωνάρη, ἐν ὧ κατεφυτεύθη παρ’ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἕτερον ἀμπέλιον μοδίων εἴκοσι, σὺν τῆ ἐκεῖσε εὑρισκομένη χερσαία γῆ).
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Kritzanos
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Mentioned in the charter concerning the return of the posession in the village Hagios Georgios to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from May 1304. He was among the people from the village Hagios Georgos (ἀπὸ τὸν Ἅγιον Γεώργιον), who together with trustworthy inhabitants of the village Hostrobos, Ioannes, the official of the thema of Melenikos, and Gerasimos, the Archimandrite of the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik, determined the boundaries of the monastic property.
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Makrotheodoros Manuel
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Mentioned in the deed of gift of Georgios Kontostephanos Kalameas and his wife Eirene Kontostephanina Kapantritissa for the Monastery of Iberon from December 1309. He was priest and skeuophylax of the Metropolis of Melnik. He signed and approved the deed of gift of Georgios Kontostephanos Kalameas and his wife Eirene Kontostephanina Kapantritissa for the Monastery of Iberon from December 1309.
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Meletios (1)
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Mentioned in the appointment deed from the period between 1301 and 1361. The source denotes him as a κῦρ. He was hieromonk, then Abbot of the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik. A not named patriarch appointed Meletios as Abbot of the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in the upper town of 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).
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Mpealuses
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Mentioned in the charter concerning the return of the posession in the village Hagios Georgios to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from May 1304. He was among the trustworthy inhabitants of the village Hostrobos (ἀπὸ τὸ χωρίον τοῦ Ὁστροβοῦ ἄνδρες ἀξιόπιστοι ουκ ὀλίγοι), who together with Paulopulos, the village elder of the village Hostrobos, Ioannes, the official of the thema of Melenikos, and Gerasimos, the Archimandrite of the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik, determined the boundaries of the monastic property.
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Paulopulos
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Mentioned in the charter concerning the return of the posession in the village Hagios Georgios to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from May 1304.He was the πρωτόγερος of the inhabitants of the village Hostrobos. 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 of Melenikos (ἐν τῶ τοῦ Μελλενίκου θέματος). Paulopulos as the village elder and the other trustworthy inhabitants of the village Hostrobos (ἀπὸ τὸ χωρίον τοῦ Ὁστροβοῦ ἄνδρες ἀξιόπιστοι ουκ ὀλίγοι) together with Ioannes, the official of the thema of Melenikos, and Gerasimos, the Archimandrite of the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik, determined the boundaries of the monastic property.
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Photinos
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Identical with Ioannes Photeinos? Mentioned in the deed of donation of Michael Elaiodorites Spanopulos for the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik from the late 13th century or the beginning of the 14th century. He was a priest and κατηχητῆς of the Holy Metropolitan of Melnik. He authenticated the deed of donation of Michael Elaiodorites Spanopulos for the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik.
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Pilestiakos Georgios
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Mentioned in the charter concerning the return of the posession in the village Hagios Georgios to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from May 1304. He was among the trustworthy inhabitants of the village Hostrobos (ἀπὸ τὸ χωρίον τοῦ Ὁστροβοῦ ἄνδρες ἀξιόπιστοι ουκ ὀλίγοι), who together with Paulopulos, the village elder of the village Hostrobos, Ioannes, the official of the thema of Melenikos, and Gerasimos, the Archimandrite of the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik, determined the boundaries of the monastic property.
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Polystiletes Michael
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Mentioned in the deed of donation of Michael Elaiodorites Spanopulos for the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik from the late 13th century or the beginning of the 14th century. He was the πρωτοπαπᾶς of the holy metropolitan of Melnik. He authenticated the deed of donation of Michael Elaiodorites Spanopulos for the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik.
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Prosěnikь
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Mentioned in the land-inventory of the church of Saint Stephen in the village of Konče, which was created after the church became a possession of the Hilandar Monastery. He held a vineyard and a field in the village of Vrana (i Prosěnikovo lozije na Vranine sele; vinu niva Prosenikova na Vranine sele). He possessed also three other fields in the area of the village Konče (niva Prosenikova pri Vlьkojade; niva Prosenikova pri .....; Prosenikova niva ....kičskomь poli pri Semane).
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Spanopulos Ioannes
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Mentioned in the charter concerning the return of the possession in the village Hagios Georgios to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from May 1304. He was a priest and anagnostes. He was the scribe of the charter concerning the return of the possession in the village Hagios Georgios to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from May 1304 (Ὁ γραφεὺς τοῦ παροντος παραδοτικοῦ γράμματος ἱε̣ρεὺς καὶ ἀναγνώστης Ἰωάννη̣ς̣ ὁ Σπανόπουλος).
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Spanopulos, Michael Elaiodorites
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Mentioned in the deed of donation of Michael Elaiodorites Spanopulos for the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik from the late 13th century or the beginning of the 14th century. He was a σεβαστός. He held the office of στρατοπεδάρχης τῶν αλλαγίων. Michael Elaiodorites Spanopulos endowed the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik already after the death of his father and his brothers for the sake of their salvation. According to his will, a charter for the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik was issued, when his son Theodoros Komnenos Kantakuzenos deceased. Michael Elaiodorites Spanopulos donated two mills in the lower town of Melnik to the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik in return for the commemoration of Theodoros Komnenos Kantakuzenos and other relatives by the monks (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).
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Telikutos Theodoros
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Mentioned in the deed of gift of Georgios Kontostephanos Kalameas and his wife Eirene Kontostephanina Kapantritissa for the Monastery of Iberon from December 1309. He was priest and protekdikos of the Metropolis of Melnik. He signed and approved the deed of gift of Georgios Kontostephanos Kalameas and his wife Eirene Kontostephanina Kapantritissa for the Monastery of Iberon from December 1309.
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Tzernales Manuel
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Mentioned in the deed of gift of Georgios Kontostephanos Kalameas and his wife Eirene Kontostephanina Kapantritissa for the Monastery of Iberon from December 1309. He was priest and megas oikonomos of the Metropolis of Melnik. He signed and approved the deed of gift of Georgios Kontostephanos Kalameas and his wife Eirene Kontostephanina Kapantritissa for the Monastery of Iberon from December 1309.
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Tzourkos
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Mentioned in the charter concerning the return of the posession in the village Hagios Georgios to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from May 1304. He was among the people from the village Hagios Georgos (ἀπὸ τὸν Ἅγιον Γεώργιον), who together with trustworthy inhabitants of the village Hostrobos, Ioannes, the official of the thema of Melenikos, and Gerasimos, the Archimandrite of the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik, determined the boundaries of the monastic property.
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