Maps of Power

Vranjina, Vranjina Monastery, Church of St. Nicholas

Crkva Sv. Nikole, Црква Св. Николе

Begin 01.01.1149
End 01.01.1296

Properties

ID 119644
System Class Place
Place Monastery Church katholikon
Case Study Beyond East and West: Sacred Landscapes Duklja and Raška
Dedication Saint Nicholas
Administrative unit Podgorica , Montenegro

Description

The Church of St. Nicholas in the Vranjina Monastery was probaly founded by Bishop Hilarion of Zeta. Tsar Dušan gave the Church to the Monastery of the Holy Archangels in Prizren (ZSp 706-708). (FŠ LPD., 346; VM LJ., 88; SN ZSp. 59; AA I, 679 (205) - qui Vuranie dicitur; u ostrove Vranine). The Church was multiple times renewed.