Original scientific paper

“GEORGIVS PECCATVR PRESBITER ET RECLAVSVS”

Jakov Vučić

Abstract

During recent rescue excavations conducted on Petra Zoranića
square in Zadar, the remains of an earlier-known church were
discovered, which has been identified as the Church of St. Peter of
the Windlass mentioned in medieval documents. A sarcophagus
with an engraved epitaph of Georgius, preist and recluse, was
found in the south-west corner of the church. The sarcophagus
fully corresponds to the formational and decorative standards of
identical monuments from the latter half of the eighth and first half
of the ninth centuries. This does not comply with the radiocarbon
dating of the remains of the deceased individual found in the
sarcophagus. At some point in his life, Georgius opted for the
strictest form of solitary life, which implied lifelong isolation from
the outside world, inside the walls of a small cell. His interment in a
sarcophagus on which he is referred to as PRESBITER ET RECLAVSVS
suggests that he persisted in this to the end of his life.

Keywords

Zadar; Church of St. Peter of the Windlass; pre-Romanesque sarcophagus; Georgius; presbyter; recluse

Hrčak ID:

111635

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/111635

Publication date:

20.11.2013.

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