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Donation/Confirmation of Skopje, Upper Town, Church of the Holy Virgin Borišičina

Begin 01.01.1299
End 31.05.1308

Properties

ID 11568
System Class Acquisition
Case Study Historical Region of Macedonia TIB 16
Event Donation

Description

In 1299/1300 or May 1308 (?) the Byzantine Emperor Michael IX Palaiologos - at the instigation of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin - donated and confirmed the donation of the Church of the Holy Virgin Borišičina in the upper town of Skopje to the Monastery of Chilandar.

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Events (2)
Name Class Begin End Description
Co-Emperor Michael IX Palaiologos donated goods and possessions to the monastery of Chilandar Acquisition In ca. 1299/1300 (or 1308?) the Byzantine Co-Emperor Michael IX Palaiologos issued - at the instigation of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin - a charter for the tower of Hrusija of the Monastery of Chilandar on the Holy Mount Athos, through which the possessions of the Monastery of Saint Nikita in and near Skopje were confirmed.
Donation/Confirmation of Skopje, Upper Town, Church of the Holy Virgin Borišičina, Vineyards Acquisition In 1299/1300 or May 1308 (?) the Byzantine Emperor Michael IX Palaiologos - at the instigation of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin - donated and confirmed the donation of the vineyards of the Church of the Holy Virgin Borišičina in the upper town of Skopje to the Monastery of Chilandar.
Actors (2)
Name Class Begin End Relation Type Description
Michael IX Palaiologos Person Michael IX Palaiologos was from 1294/95 to 1320 Co-Emperor of Andronikos II and father of Andronikos III.
Monastery of Chilandar Group Serbian Monastery on the Holy Mount Athos, which was founded by the Serbian Saint Sava.
Sources (1)
Name Class Description
Skopje Sveti Nikita 1 Source In ca. 1299/1300 the Byzantine Co-Emperor Michael IX Palaiologos (reigned 1295-1320) issued a charter for the Tower of Hrusija (Pyrgos Basileiu) of the Monastery of Chilandar on the Holy Mount Athos, through which the possessions of the Monastery of Sveti Nikita in and near Skopje were confirmed.
Places (1)
Name Class Begin End Description
Skopje, Upper Town, Church of the Holy Virgin Borišičina Place The existence of the Church of the Holy Virgin Borišičina is attested by a fragmentary charter issued by the Byzantine co-emperor Michael IX Palaiologos in ca. 1299/1300, through which he donated it to the monastery of Saint Nikita (μονύδριον διακείμενον μὲν καὶ τοῦτο περὶ τὸν αὐτὸν τόπον τῶν Σκοπίων, εἰς ὄνομα δὲ τιμώμενον τῆς πανυπεράγνου θεομήτορος καὶ οὕτω πως ἐπιλεγόμενον τῆς Βορισίνης). In a charter of the Byzantine emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos - at the instigation of the Serbian king Stefan Uroš II Milutin - in ca. 1299/1300 (or 1308?) for the tower of Hrusija of the monastery of Chilandar on the Holy Mount Athos the possessions of the monastery of Saint Nikita in and near Skopje were confirmed, amongst others the aforesaid church and vineyards (U tomь Skopii drugaja cr(ь)k(v)i na ime S(ve)tije B(ogorodi)ce, Borišičina, s ljudmi čto se ōbr[ě]taju po(dь)nom i sь nivami i sь vinogradi).