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ON THE DONATORS OF THE ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH AT VELI VAROŠ, SPLIT, AND ON CHURCHES DEDICATED TO THAT SAINT ACCORDING TO THE SOURCES OF THE 11th AND 12th CENTURIES

Vesna Jakić-Cestarić ; Zadar


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Abstract

The author of this paper starts with the analysis of anthroponyms, i. e. by following persons mentioned in some 11th and 12th centuries Split documents, dated towards the end of the 11th and others toward the end of the 12th centuries and arrives to the conclusion that the taking place of some events should be dated towards the end of the 11th and others toward the end of the 12th century respectively. By so doing, one would look differently at the known data concerning the Church of St. Nicholas, the construction of which was commissioned by the Split lady Nemira Mesagalina, mentioned in a note following a document dated 1069, as well as on the Church of St. Nicholas de Collegaci, mentioned in an entry dated 1119. By following this consideration, the authoress maintains that the above-mentioned Split churches dedicated to St. Nicholas might be identified with the St. Nicholas Church in the suburb of Split called Veli Varoš.
It has been concluded that the church in question was commissioned by Johannes, Mesagalina’s son, most probably in the last decade of the 11th century. After his death, the construction was continued by his sister, the Benedictine nun Nemira Mesagalina, perhaps in cooperation with »Dra (go, or Dragovit) Mesagalina filius« whose name appeares as a witness in 1111, and who was her brother. It could also have been »Rado, a son of the donator«.
The Romanesque additions in the church have pre-Romanesque characteristics, and according to inscriptions, have appeared after the construction of the church, somewhere during the early decades of the 12th century.

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Hrčak ID:

159463

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https://hrcak.srce.hr/159463

Publication date:

23.12.1980.

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