The Sarnian diocese (Sarniensis Ecclesia)
The Sarnian diocese (Sarniensis Ecclesia)
Author(s): Ante ŠkegroSubject(s): Middle Ages, Theology and Religion, 16th Century
Published by: Akademija Nauka i Umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine
Keywords: The Roman Province of Dalmatia; The Sarnian diocese (Sarniensis Ecclesia); priest Vitalis (Vitalis presbyter); the Diocese of Senia (Ecclesia Seniensis); the Diocese of Krk (Dioecesis Veglensis)
Summary/Abstract: The Sarnian diocese is known only for its priest Vitalis (Vitalis presbyter), the last cosignatory of the acts of the Salonitan Church Synod, on the 15th of July 530 presided over by the Salonitan archbishop Honorius II (528-547). In the document known under the name “Historia Salonitana Maior”, whose oldest manuscript version – from the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith (Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide) – is attributed to the cultural circle of the Krbava-Modruš bishop Šimun Kožičić Benja (1509-1536), it was recorded in the above form.
Journal: Godišnjak Centra za balkanološka ispitivanja
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 44
- Page Range: 233-248
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English
