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Donation/Confirmation of Skopje, Upper Town, Church of Saint John Prodromos (Michael IX)

Begin 01.01.1299
End 31.05.1308

Properties

ID 11643
System Class Acquisition
Case Study Historical Region of Macedonia TIB 16
Event Donation

Description

The Byzantine Co-Emperor Michael IX Palaiologos donated in ca. 1299/1300 the Church of Saint John Prodromos to the Monastery of Chilandar.

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Events (1)
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.
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 Saint John Prodromos Place The Byzantine Co-Emperor Michael IX Palaiologos donated in ca. 1299/1300 the church of Saint John Prodromos to the monastery of Saint Nikita (ἔδωκε δὲ [ὁ]μοί[ως] ἐν τῆ αὐτῆ μονῆ καὶ ἕτερον μονύδριον, άνεγερθ(ὲν) μ(ὲν) παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ, εἰς ὄνομα δὲ τιμώμενο[ν] τ[οῦ] τιμίου προφήτου Προδρόμου καὶ Βαπτιστοῦ). 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 donation of the respective church is confirmed (I drugaja cr(ь)kva koju jes(tь) podvignulь tьi sam kral(ь) Iōana Kr(ь)st(ite)lja).