Original scientific paper

Patrimony of St. Peter in Dalmatia

Ante Škegro ; Hrvatski institut za povijest, Zagreb, Republika Hrvatska

Abstract

In the correspondence between two Roman bishops Vigilius (537-555) and Gregory I the Great (590-604) one can find information about the Patrimony of St. Peter in Dalmatia. In the letter addressed to his deacons Sebastian and Rusticus, dating from year 548/549, Pope Vigilius has mentioned the Patrimony of St. Peter in Dalmatia four times (Dalmatiarum patrimonium, patrimonium in Dalmatia). Pope Gregory I the Great in his letters, dating from years 592, 593 and 594, also speaks about the Patrimony of St. Peter in Dalmatia (patrimonium in Dalmatia) and about the Patrimony of Holy Church (patrimonium Sanctae ecclesiae). Administrators of the Patrimony of St. Peter in Dalmatia (rectores) were also papal legates in the diocese of Salona (i.e. Dalmatia). As papal representatives, although they were in the rank with minor Church orders, they had extraordinary authority in Dalmatian clerics. They could handle investigations concerning Arhbishops of Salona, and they could deny
bishops’ right to palium and they could excomunicate them from the Church. The available sources, unfortunately, cannot tell us much about the origin of this papal Dalmatian Patrimony, as well as they are silent about its exact location.

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Hrčak ID:

28731

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/28731

Publication date:

11.2.2002.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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