Maps of Power

Skopje, Upper Town, Church of Saint John Prodromos

cr(ь)kva Iōana Kr(ь)st(ite)lja

Begin 01.09.1299
End 31.05.1308

Properties

ID 11239
System Class Place
Place Existing Church
Case Study Historical Region of Macedonia TIB 16
Administrative unit Region of Skopje / Скопски регион
Historical place Byzantine Empire , Kingdom of Serbia

Description

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).

Relations

Events (2)
Name Class Begin End Description
Donation/Confirmation of Skopje, Upper Town, Church of Saint John Prodromos Acquisition In 1299/1300 or May 1308 (?) the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos - at the instigation of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin - donated and confirmed the donation of the church of Saint John Prodromos in the upper town of Skopje to the Monastery of Chilandar.
Donation/Confirmation of Skopje, Upper Town, Church of Saint John Prodromos (Michael IX) Acquisition The Byzantine Co-Emperor Michael IX Palaiologos donated in ca. 1299/1300 the Church of Saint John Prodromos to the Monastery of Chilandar.
Sources (2)
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.
Skopje Sveti Nikita 2 Source In ca. 1299/1300 (or 1308?) the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos (reigned 1282-1328) confirmed, at the instigation of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321), the possessions of the Monastery of Sveti Nikita near Skopje for the Tower of Hrusija (Pyrgos Basileiu) of the Monastery of Chilandar on the Holy Mount Athos. This charter is only preserved in a Serbian translation. It seems plausible that Andronikos II had also issued a Greek charter in the years 1299/1300, because a parallel Byzantine charter on this topic is preserved by his Co-Emperor Michael IX Palaiologos (reigned 1295-1320), which was issued most probably in the years 1299/1300 and in which most of the mentioned places had also been donated.