Chrysobull charter of the Byzantine Co-Emperor Michael IX. Palaiologos for the Monastery Iberon from August 1310
Properties
| ID | 118298 |
|---|---|
| System Class | Source |
| Case Study | Byzantino-Serbian Border Zones in Transition (1282–1355) , Historical Region of Macedonia TIB 16 |
| Provenance | Byzantine |
| Source | Charter |
Description
The Byzantine Co-Emperor Michael IX. Palaiologos issued in August 1310 a chrysobull charter, in which he confirmed the possessions and the privileges of the Monastery of Iberon on Mount Athos.
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Actors (3)
| Name | Class | Begin | End | Relation Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kalameas, Georgios Kontostephanos | Person | Mentioned in the deed of gift of Georgios Kontostephanos Kalameas and his wife Eirene Kontostephanina Kapantritissa for the Monastery of Iberon from December 1309 and in the chrysobull charter of the Byzantine Co-emperor Michael IX. Palaiologos from August 1310 for the Monastery of Iberon on Mount Athos. The deed denotes him as δοῦλος of the Byzantine Emperor. He was a στρατιώτης. He and his wife Eirene Kontostephanina Kapantritissa donated several properties to the Monastery of Iberon. Georgios Kontostephanos Kalameas acquired from a certain Karbunares a place called Malesta near Melnik, where he erected the church of Saint George tu Kalamea. He endowed it with vineyard, fields, courtyard, meadow and a mill and gave it together with his wife to the Monastery of Iberon as metochion (καὶ γὰρ τὸ σύνεγγυ̣ς τοῦ κάστρου Μελενίκου, τὸ ἐν τῆ τοποθεσία τῆς Μάλεστας, τὸν ἐξ αγορασίας μου τόπον ἀπὸ τοῦ Καρβουνάρη ἐκείνου, τὸ ἐκ γονικόθεν παρ’ αὐτοῦ κατεχόμενον, σὺν τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος καὶ τῶν χω̣ραφίων, τῆς αὐλῆς, τοῦ ληβαδίου καὶ τοῦ μύλωνος... ὡσαύτως καὶ ἐν τῶ αὐτῶ τόπω ἀνήγειρα ἐκ βάθρου ἐξ οἰκίου κόπου καὶ ἀναλουμάτων θείον καὶ πάνσεπτον ναὸν εἰς ὅνομα τιμώμενον τοῦ ἁγίου καὶ πανενδώξου μεγαλομάρτυρος καὶ τροπαιοφόρου Γεωργίου). The foundation of the metochion was enriched by their donation of the Church of Saint Panteleemon and a couple of houses in Melnik (Ἐπεὶ δὲ εὑρίσκεται καὶ ἐντὸς τοῦ κάστρου Μελενίκου ὁ Ἅγιος Πα̣ν̣τ̣ελεήμων μετὰ καὶ τῶν ὁσπητίων, ὃν ἔκτισα, ἵνα κατέχεται (καὶ) αὐτὸς παρὰ τοῖς μονῆς τοῦ τοῦ Ἁγίου Γεωργίου). | |||
| Knentzopulos | Person | Knentzopulos was a military leader in the town and region of Strumica. His name indicates that he was an offspring of a slavic (Serbian) knez. A soldier from his unit donated the Saint Apostles Chapel with vineyards and fields to the Monastery of Iberon (τὸ περὶ τὴν Στρούμμιτζαν τῶν Ἁγίων καὶ ἐνδόξων πανευφήμων Ἀποστόλων μετὰ τῶν ἀμπελώνων καὶ χωραφίων αὐτοῦ, ὅπερ ἀνεδέξαντο παρά τινος στρατιώτου ἀπὸ τῶν ἐκεῖσε τοῦ Κνεντζοπούλου λεγομένου). | |||
| Tetragonites | Person | Mentioned in the chrysobull charter of the Byzantine Co-emperor Michael IX. Palaiologos from August 1310 for the Monastery of Iberon on Mount Athos. He donated the Church ta Hagia ton Hagion to the Monastery of Iberon on Mount Athos before August 1310 (τὸ περὶ τὸν αὐτὸν τόπον τῆς Στρουμμίτζης τιμώμενον τὰ Ἅγια τῶν Ἁγίων, ὅπερ ἀνεδέξαντο παρά τινος Τετραγωνίτου). |
Places (4)
| Name | Class | Begin | End | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mostenitza | Place | In the praktikon from 1152 for the Monastery of Eleousa outside Strumica the Metochion in Mustanitza is mentioned (μετοχίου τῆς Μοστενίτζης). The Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II. Palaiologos confirmed, that the fields in Mustanitza were in the possession of the Iberon Monastery on Mount Athos (τὰ εἰς τὴν Στρούμμιτζαν, εἰς τὸ χωρίον τὴν Μου̣στάνιτζαν, χωράφια αὐτῶν). The Byzantine Co-Emperor Michael IX. Palaiologos confirmed the possession of the Iberon Monastery over the fields in Mustanitza (ὁμοίως καὶ τὰ εἰς τὴν Στρούμμιτζαν, εἰς τὸ χωρίον τὴν Μονστάνιτζαν, χωράφια αὐτῶν, ἅπερ κατέχουσιν ἔκπαλαι). The piece of land in Mustanitza is mentioned in the fragment of the Praktikon from 1320 listing the holdings of the Iberon Monastery in Palaiokastron (Veljusa) and its surroundings (γῆ ἡ καλουμένη Μοσθεανίτζα). | ||
| Strumica, Church of the Holy Apostles | Place | The Byzantine Co-Emperor Michael IX. Palaiologos issued in August 1310 a chrysobull charter, in which he also confirmed the possession of the Iberon Monastery over the Church of the Holy Apostles in the surroundings of Strumica with vineyards and pieces of fields. This property was donated to the monastery by a soldier from the unit of a certain Knentzopulos (τὸ περὶ τὴν Στρούμμιτζαν τῶν Ἁγίων καὶ ἐνδόξων μετὰ τῶν ἀμπελώνων καὶ χωραφίων αὐτοῦ, ὅπερ ἀνεδέξαντο παρά τινος στρατιώτου ἀπὸ τῶν ἐκεῖσε τοῦ Κνεντζοπούλου λεγομένου). | ||
| Strumica, Church ta Hagia ton Hagion | Place | The Byzantine Co-Emperor Michael IX. Palaiologos issued in August 1310 a chrysobull charter, in which he also confirmed the possession of the Iberon Monastery over the Church of ta Hagia ton Hagion near Strumica. The church was donated to the monastery by a certain Tetragonites (τὸ περὶ τὸν αὐτὸν τόπον τῆς Στρουμμίτζης τιμώμενον τὰ Ἅγια τῶν Ἁγίων, ὅπερ ἀνεδέξαντο παρά τινος Τετραγωνίτου). | ||
| Strumica, The Church of Hagioi Anargyroi | Place | The Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II. Palaiologos confirmed, that the Church of Hagioi Anargyroi in the vicinity of Strumica was in the possession of the Iberon Monastery on Mount Athos (τὸ περὶ τὴν Στρούμμιτζαν εἰς ὄνομα τιμώμενον τῶν Ἁγίων Ἀναργύρων). The Byzantine Co-Emperor Michael IX. Palaiologos issued in August 1310 a chrysobull charter, in which he also confirmed the possession of the Iberon Monastery over the Church of Hagioi Anargyroi (τὸ εἰς τὴν Στρούμμιτζαν εὐκτήριον τὸ εἰς ὄνομα τιμώμενον τῶν Ἁγίων Ἀναργύρων). The church is mentioned in the fragment of the Praktikon from 1320 listing the holdings of the Iberon Monastery in Palaiokastron (Veljusa) and its surroundings (Μονύδριον τῶν Ἁγίων καὶ ἰαματικ̣ῶν Ἀναργύρων τῆς τοιαύτης σεβασμίας μονῆς). The Metochion was abondened in the beginning of the 20th century due to the lack of monks. Most of the churches in Strumica were destroyed during the fire in 1869 and in 1913. |