Maktaritanska / Martaritanska biskupija (Ecclesia Mactaritana / Martaritana) u svjetlu dosadašnjih istraživanja
The Diocese of Mactaris / Martaris (Ecclesia Mactaritana / Martaritana) in the light of prior research

Summary/Abstract: With its bishop Victor (Victor episcopus), this early Christian diocese was mentioned only once in the acts of the Salonitan Metropolitan Synod (concilium metropolitanum), held on 15th July 530 which was presided over by Salonitan archbishop Honorius II (528-547). Stjepan Gunjača (1909-1981) named this diocese as the Mactaritan Bishopric (Ecclesia Mactaritana). However, he never discussed the problem of this diocese’s see or its territory. On the other hand, Ferdo Šišić (1869-1940) assumed that this could be the Bishopric of Kotor (Ecclesia Catheritana). Thus, taking into account the results of the previous similar investigations of the late ancient and mediaeval Christian institutions in the territory of the former Roman Province of Dalmatia, as well as the obvious fact that the Bishopric of Kotor has ancient roots, the aforementioned Šišić’s supposition seems to be correct. Namely, this was a diocese at the very south-eastern borders of former Roman Province of Dalmatia, that was formed from the early Christian communities of Boka Kotorska (Bocca di Cattaro) and its tightly connected area between the Adriatic and the Lovćen mountain massif.

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