Maps of Power

Donji Muć, Church of St. Peter

Crkva Sv. Petra, Црква Св. Петра

Begin between 01.01.0888 and 31.12.0888

Properties

ID 117854
System Class Place
Place Abandoned Church palaioekklesia crkvište
Case Study Beyond East and West: Sacred Landscapes Duklja and Raška
Dedication Saint Peter
Evidence Ruins
Ground Plans Single Nave Basilica
Stylistic Classification Pre-Romanesque
Administrative unit Croatia , Split Dalmatia County

Description

The Church of St. Peter in Donji Muć was founded in the year 888. Its founder is a certain Branimir. The date and founder are documented by an inscription on the choir-screen: "BRANIMIRI ANNORVM XRISTI DE VERGINE CARN[em] UT SVMPS[it] S[unt] DCCCLXXX ET VIII VI QVE INDIC[tio]."
In the year 1871 the remains of the Church of St. Peter were found underneath the parish church (Church of our Lady) of Muć.